Special Topics (Principles of Metal Production II)
- An introductory to applied chemistry
- Acids & Bases - Arrhenius/Bronsted-Lowry and Lewis theories and pH, metallic compounds
- Aqueous solutions-solubility and saturation
- Introductory and history of hydrometallurgical processes in production of non-ferrous metals
- Leaching- principles, classifications and chemical aspects
- Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of Leaching (calculations and mass balances)
- Bioleaching
- An introductory Precipitation and Cementation
- Cementation and precipitation as the purification and production processes
- Solvent Extraction- principles and terminology
- Solvent Extraction- extraction isotherms, Mechanisms, Thermodynamics and extraction number
- Electrometallurgy- Faradays Laws, electrochemical reactions
- Electrowinning
- Electrorefining