Production and Recovery of Materials

Code:

EMM0030

Acronym:

PRMA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Science and Technology of Materials

Instance: 2008/2009 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Metallurgy Section
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEMM	43	Syllabus since 2006/2007	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main objective of this course is to provide students with a broad knowledge of extraction metallurgy and of the chemical and physical principles underlying the processing techniques commonly used in industry.

Program

1. Extraction of metals: pyrometallurgical extraction and electrometallurgy.

2. General flow-sheet for hydrometallurgy; thermodynamics and kinrtic aspects of leaching.

3. Metal recovery from solutions: precipitation, cementation, electrolytic processes.

4. Recycling of scrap and metallurgical residues.

Mandatory literature

Coudurier, Lucien; Fundamentals of Metallugical Processes. ISBN: 0-08-032536-X
Habashi, Fathi; Principles of Extractive Metallurgy. ISBN: 0-677-01770-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and Practical lessons: oral presentation, supported by the exhibition of some transparencies, of basic concepts and some application examples, followed by a discussion and questioning period.
The students should also solve some problems, proposed by the teacher, related to the direct application of the concepts previously discussed.

Practical lessons: the students, split in small groups of 2/3, should prepare an oral presentation of a monograph about a selected topic previously accepted by the teachers. The monograph is read by the teachers before its public presentation and discussion.

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Materials technology > Metal technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

The students should attain a minimum grade of 10 (in 20) for the monography.

Calculation formula of final grade

Grading:

- monography (60%);

- exam (35%);

- participation on Seminars (5%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Non-applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

1 exam,with a maximum duration of 2.5 hours, that will take place on the date previously settled.
The students should also present a monography on the same day as the ordinary ones.

Classification improvement

There will be a second exam for those who have failed the first one, or they want (under requirement) to improve the graded obtained.

Observations

Recommended prerequisites: basic concepts learnt on the courses of Chemistry I and II, Physical Chemistry, Phase Diagrams, and Electrochemistry and Interfaces.