MT304
Non Ferrous Technology
Principles of pyrometallurgy, chemistry of roasting, drying and calcination; classification of pyrometallurgical processes, use of Ellingham diagram in pyrometallurgy
Metallic oxide reduction by C, CO, hydrogen and metals; principles of metallothermic reduction and halide metallurgy; physico chemical principles of fused salt electrolysis
Principles of hydrometallurgy; properties of good solvent, leaching and precipitation, solvent extraction, ion exchange and pressure leaching gaseous reduction of aqueous solutions, bacterial leaching
Extraction schemes for copper, nickel, titanium, aluminium, magnesium, indium, gold and silver
Extraction of metals from secondary sources, energetics of non-ferrous extraction, extraction schemes of zinc, lead, zirconium and tantalum; prospects of non-ferrous industries in India
TEXT BOOKS
1. Ray H. S., Sridhar R., Abraham K. P, ‘Extraction of Non- ferrous Metals’, 1st Edition, Affiliated East West Press, 1987
2. Rosenquist T., ‘Principles of Extractive Metallurgy’, 2nd Edition McGraw Hill, 1983