CH62020: Mineral Beneficiation

CH62020
Course name	Mineral Beneficiation
Offered by	Chemical Engineering
Credits	4
L-T-P	3-1-0
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Semester	Spring

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Prerequisite - noneExploitable characteristics of minerals. Economics of mineral beneficiation. Power laws. Principles of crushing and grinding. Grindability. Evaluation of particle size. Size distribution curves and their significance. Mechanism of breakage of material. Classification, design and application of crushers and grinders. Industrial screening, classification and performance of screens. Dry and wet classifiers. Free and hindered settling, Thickeners, hydrocyclones, filtration, agitation and mixing, tabling, jigging, magnetic and electrostatic separation. Surface behavior and flotation principles. Flotation machines, differential flotation and flotation circuit design. Elements of hydrometallurgy, microbial leaching etc. Important beneficiation circuits of minerals like chalcopyrites, sphalerite, galena, bauxite etc. Text Book:1.Principles of Mineral Dressing by A. M. Gaudin2.Principles of Mineral Dressing by Fuerstenau, M. C. and Han, K. N. 3.A Text-Book of Ore Dressing by R. H. Richards4.Floatation, by A. M. GaudinReference Book:1.Principles of Floatation by K. L. Sutherland and I. W. Wark 2.Mixing Theory and Practice by C. W. Clump and V. W. Uhl. 3.Handbook of Mineral Dressing : Ores and Industrial Minerals by A. F. Taggart.