This course provides the foundation in concepts underpinning physical chemistry
necessary for advancement to the higher levels of study in chemistry and
engineering courses.
Core topics include: atomic structure, bonding, states of matter and intermolecular forces, chemical equilibrium, aqueous solution equilibria, acid and base chemistry and transition metal chemistry, state of matter, reaction kinetics.
This course provides students with the
requisite knowledge in thermodynamic systems and their applications in
Minerals/Metallurgical Engineering.
The content of the course includes: Thermodynamic Systems
(homogeneous and heterogeneous systems), Thermochemistry (internal energy;
first, second and third law of thermodynamics; enthalpy; entropy, free energy,
spontaneity of reactions, heat capacity, thermodynamic activity), Equilibria
Systems, Thermodynamics of Solutions (ideal and non-ideal solutions, Raoult’s
law, Henry’s law, Chemical Kinetics (order of equations; first, second and zero
order equations) and Ionic Equilibria
Project work check for the MR 20 class of the Minerals Engineering Department
This holds Mineral Processing and Analysis course, MN 279 for MN II students, 2023.
This course introduces students to high-temperature metallurgical processes and their applications to metals extraction and cement production.
Fuels and Combustion, Calorific Value; Environmental issues on combustion, Refractories, Drying and Calcination, Roasting, Agglomeration, Smelting, Ellingham-Richardson Diagrams, Pyrometallurgical Applications in Metal Extraction, Cement production. Mattes, slags, fluxes; Reduction of metal oxides; Metallurgical thermochemistry; Metal-oxygen phase diagrams, metal-carbide phase diagrams; Gas-solid and solid-solid reactions; Overview of smelting reduction operations