Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MTE 304 — Chemical Metallurgy

3 units · MTE department course · Nigerian universities

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Appetizer: Sustainable mineral resources development: A relay race among geologist, miners, mineral processor and extractive (chemical) metallurgist, the concept of world without metals! The importance of chemical metallurgy as the gateway to metallurgical engineering and the fact that there is no distinct boundary between mineral processing technology and extractive metallurgical engineering. Roasting, calcination, agglomeration and leaching are at the intercession of both disciplines. Introduction to Chemical Metallurgy: Review of metallurgical thermodynamics, kinetics and smelters contract; definition, nature and classification of chemical metallurgy. Pyrometallurgy: Definition, roasting, agglomeration principle, methods, equipment, tools for pyro-metallurgy (Ellingham Diagram). Introduction to iron and steel making: tin smelting and coal gold agglomeration. Hydrometallurgy: Definition, nature and scope; hydrometallurgical processes, McCabe Thiele Diagram for solvent extraction, leaching kinetics, advantages and disadvantages of hydrometallurgy: Introduction of extraction of aluminium Electrometallurgy: Principle and application of McCabe Thiele Diagram; definition and scope; electrometallurgical methods, electrochemical series, principle and application of Pourbaix diagram in electrometallurgy; advantages and limitations of electrometallurgy. Refining of Metals: Definition,

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