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Dept of Chemical and Metallurgical Eng

KMP015 Hydrometallurgy 6.0 ECTS credits

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General information about studying at Luleå university

TIMEPERIOD: Q III

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
Å Sandström Univ lekt

PREREQUISITES
KMK019

COURSE AIM
The coarse will give fundamental knowledge from a chemical as well as technical point of view regarding hydrometallurgical metal production from ores and concentrates. Teaching will be given on unit operations such as leaching, electrolysis, solvent extraction etc..

CONTENTS
The extent of each part is given in %. Introduction (3%) Comparison of pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical process technology. Overview of hydrometallurgical unit operations and processes. Hydrometallurgical phase diagrams (6%) Description of Pourbaix diagrams. Leaching (44%) Overview of mineral raw materials suitable for leaching. Leaching theory, leaching methods and leaching systems. Laboratory: Leaching of a sulphide concentrate. Solution treatment (32%) Methods of leach solution treatment: filtering, precipitation, cementation, ion exchange, solvent extraction. Laboratory: Solvent extraction. Hydrometallurgical processes (15%) Description of hydrometallurgical applications. Environmental problems.

TEACHING
Lectures and compulsory laboratory exercises.

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

ITEMS/CREDITS


Laboratory work                                             	1.5ECTS
Written exam                                                	4.5ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Compendium: Hydrometallurgi, Div. of processmetallurgy, Luleå, 1996. In Swedish.

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