MRED 401 METALLURGICAL PROCESSES FOR METAL AND CERAMICS PRODUCTION

Mass and energy balance, basic metallurgical processes, reactor design, best metallurgical practices in pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy, waste minimisation. Ceramic materials, structure and properties, sintering, phase diagrams, processing and applications of traditional and advanced ceramics, uses of ceramics in metallurgy.

Laboratory practicals include: 1. Slip casting, 2. Mixing -extrusion, 3. Isostatic pressing, 4. Sintering – shrinkage determination, 5. Hg porosimetry, 6. Dilatometry, 7. Open porosity, density and water absorption, 8. Bending strength