Materials Processing - MATS5013

   
   
   
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Unit 1: Pyrometallurgical Processes
(Staff Contact: Dr Haiping Sun)
Roasting processes. Blast furnace and alternative ironmaking. BOF and EAF steelmaking. Steel refining. Aluminium smelting. Non-ferrous pyrometallurgical processes.
Unit 2: Metal Forming Processes
Staff Contact: (A/Professor Alan Crosky)
Deformation and workability. Hot working, cold working , recrystallisation. Casting, forging, rolling, extrusion, wire drawing. Processing defects and their avoidance.
Unit 3: Ceramic Processing Technologies
Staff Contact: (Dr Owen Standard)
Overview of unit operations in ceramic industries. Processing of ceramic raw materials. Ceramic forming processes. Ceramic drying and firing technologies.