Official NUC CCMAS syllabus
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Start studying MTE 403 free →Critical importance of iron and steel in national economic development and global steel production. The upstream, the mainstream and the downstream of iron and steel making processes. Linkage industries. Classification of iron ores and other raw materials (fuels and fluxes) for iron and steel making. Agglomeration methods: sintering, nodulising, briquetting, pelletising. Iron production route. Blast furnace and direct reduction method (the advantages and limitations of both). The blast furnace: The design, production, operations and physical chemistry of iron making and refining of liquid iron. Steel making processes, their technology and advantage, raw materials requirements and steel making practices. Thermodynamics and kinetics of steel making practices; secondary steel making processes and manufacturing of alloy steels. Argon purging and ladle alloying, desulphurisation. Principles and technology of slab and ingot casting.
Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MTE 403.