CME 472 - Extractive Metallurgy

3 units (fi 8)(EITHER, 3-1S-0)

Faculty of Engineering

Physical and chemical preparation of ore feed. Roasting, briquetting, sintering and pelletizing. Leaching processes and chemicals, kinetics of leaching, ion exchange, activated carbon adsorption, solvent extraction and McCabe-Thiele Diagram. Metal recovery from solutions, electrowinning and electrorefining. Furnaces and fuels, refractories, slags and mattes. Reduction of metal compounds, smelting and converting, pyrometallurgical metal refining. Credit may not be obtained in this course if previous credits have been obtained in MAT E 430 and MAT E 332. Prerequisites: CME 265, MAT E 341, or consent of the Department.

No syllabi

Winter Term 2026

Lectures

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LECTURE B1
(86001)
30
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10 (TR)
12:30 - 13:50

Seminars

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SEMINAR J01
(86012)
30
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10