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Process Metallurgy Advanced - MATS4003
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Materials Science and Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.materials.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band   (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Reaction rate and expressions for different reaction systems; kinetics and thermodynamics of metallurgical reactions; heat balance and mass balance of chemical reactors; batch and semibatch reactors; plug flow reactors (gas reactants in most metallurgical processes); mixed tank reactors (smelting, steel refining); catalytic reactions Heterogeneous reactions; fixed bed reactors (stack leaching processes); fluidised bed reactors (fluid bed roasting, alternative ironmaking technologies); moving bed reactors (blast furnace, Corex process).

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