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Dept of Chemical and Metallurgical Eng

KMP004 Metallurgy, Introductory Course 6.0 ECTS credits

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General information about studying at Luleå university

TIMEPERIOD: Q III

LANGUAGE: English/Swedish

EXAMINER
B Björkman Prof

PREREQUISITES
Course in physical chemistry.

COURSE AIM
The course gives basic knowledge regarding the production of metals from both a chemical as well as from a technical point of view.

CONTENTS
The content of each part is given in %. Basic principles in process metallurgy (31%). Material and energy balances. Chemistry of solutions. Activities. Chemical equilibrium. Thermodynamic treatment of systems with one or several components. Unit operations within process metallurgy (40%). Pretreatment, sintering, roasting, smelting, converting and refining. Application of thermodynamic and kinetic calculations on different processes. Process systems. Environmental technology (12%). Environmental regulations. The use of different methods for gas treatment, e.g. cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, bag house filters. Study visit (11%).

TEACHING
The education consists of lectures, exercises, laboratory work and study trips. Laboratory work and study trips are compulsory. This is a tutored course, i.e. lectures will be given in Swedish, the students will receive tutoring in English. The examination will be given in English. Course material in English.

EXAMINATION
Approved laboratory reports, study trip and written exam with differentiated grades.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U,3,4,5

ITEMS/CREDITS


Required assignment                                         	0.0ECTS
Laboratory work                                             	1.2ECTS
Written exam                                                	4.8ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Compendium: Metallurgy, Introductory course, Div. of Process metallurgy, Luleå University of Technology.

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