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Extractive Metallurgy - MATS5033
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Materials Science and Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.materials.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: MATS5013.
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Unit 1 Hydrometallurgical Processes-
Staff Contact: Dr Haiping Sun.
Application of principles of aqueous thermodynamics, electrochemistry, chemical and electrochemical kinetics to hydrometallurgial processes: leaching of minerals and concentrates, solution purification, precipitation, and other separation processes, ion-exchange and liquid-liquid extraction, electrowinning and electrorefining.
Unit 2 Light Metals Production -
Bayer process. Thermodynamics and kinetics of electrochemical reactions. Aluminium smelting and refining. Hall-Heroult process and alternative technologies. Technologies for magnesium and titanium production. Economics and environmental issues.

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