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Introduction: Scope of extractive Metallurgy, Occurrence of Metals in Nature,
Minerals and Ores, Elementary concepts of extraction of Metals from their ores.
Ellingham diagrams for oxides and sulphides.
Pyrometallurgy: Ore preparation, Calcination, Roasting, Predominance area
diagram, Roasting practice, Reduction smelting, Matte smelting, Converting, Role
of Slags.
Refining Methods: Fire refining, Liquation, Poling, Cupellation, Vacuum
distillation, Zone refining, Electrolytic refining.
Hydrometallurgy: Ore preparation, Leaching practice, Bio leaching, Kinetics of
leaching, Role of oxygen in leaching, Recovery of metals from leach liquor by
solvent extraction, ion exchange, precipitation, cementation and electro winning
methods.
Electrometallurgy: Theory of electrodeposition, Faraday’s Laws, Electrode
potential, EMF series, Nernst equation, Hydrogen over voltage, Electro winning,
Pourbaix diagram.
Calculation of material and heat balances pertaining to some important metal
extraction process.
Reference Books:
1. Newton J., Extractive Metallurgy, Wiley.
2. Gilchrist J.D., Extraction Metallurgy, Pergamon.
3. Rosenqvist T., Principles of Extractive Metallurgy, McGraw Hill.
4. Ray H.S. and Ghosh A., Principles of Extractive Metallurgy, New Age
International.