AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF METALLURGY

By Z. FALAK

CONTENTS CHAPTER INTRODUCTION MAURICE C FUERSTENAU AND KENNETH N HAN GOALS AND BASICS OF MINERAL PROCESSING METALLURGICAL EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC CONCERNS UNIT OPERATIONS EXAMPLES OF MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF MINERAL PROCESSING CHAPTER PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION RICHARD HOGG PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT OF PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLE CHARACTERISTICS COMPARISON AND INTERCONVERSION OF PARTICLE SIZE DATA APPENDIX 2 1: MOMENT DETERMINATION AND QUANTITY TRANSFORMATION FROM EXPERIMENTAL DATA APPENDIX 2 2: COMBINATION OF SIEVE AND SUBSIEVE SIZE DATA SIZE REDUCTION AND LIBERATION JOHN A HERBST, YI CHANG LO, AND BRIAN FLINTOFF INTRODUCTION FUNDAMENTALS OF PARTICLE BREAKAGE COMMINUTION EQUIPMENT COMMINUTION CIRCUITS PROCESS CONTROL IN COMMINUTION FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF COMMINUTION SYMBOL GLOSSARY SIZE SEPARATION ANDREW L MULAR INTRODUCTION LABORATORY SIZE SEPARATION SEDIMENTATION SIZING METHODS SIZE CLASSIFICATION MOVEMENT OF SOLIDS IN LIQUIDS KENNETH N HAN INTRODUCTION DYNAMIC SIMILARITY FREE SETTLING PARTICLE ACCELERATION PARTICLE SHAPE HINDERED SETTLING GRAVITY CONCENTRATION FRANK F APLAN INTRODUCTION THE BASICS OF GRAVITY SEPARATION FLOAT–SINK SEPARATION JIGS FLOWING FILM CONCENTRATORS, SLUICES, AND SHAKING TABLES CENTRIFUGAL DEVICES PNEUMATIC DEVICES PROCESS SELECTION AND EVALUATION MAGNETIC AND ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION PARTHA VENKATRAMAN, FRANK S KNOLL, AND JAMES E LAWVER INTRODUCTION REVIEW OF MAGNETIC THEORY CONVENTIONAL MAGNETS PERMANENT MAGNETS SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION FLOTATION MAURICE C FUERSTENAU AND PONISSERIL SOMASUNDARAN SURFACE PHENOMENA FLOTATION REAGENTS CHEMISTRY OF FLOTATION FLOTATION MACHINES COLUMN FLOTATION FLOTATION CIRCUITS LIQUID–SOLID SEPARATION DONALD A DAHLSTROM INTRODUCTION MAJOR INFLUENCES ON LIQUID–SOLID SEPARATION LIQUID–SOLID SEPARATION EQUIPMENT GRAVITATIONAL SEDIMENTATION FILTRATION BASIC GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION GRAVITY SEDIMENTATION APPLICATIONS CONTINUOUS VACUUM FILTRATION BATCH PRESSURE FILTERS METALLURGICAL BALANCES AND EFFICIENCY J MARK RICHARDSON AND ROBERT D MORRISON TERMINOLOGY APPLICATIONS TYPES OF BALANCES CALCULATION METHODS DATA BULK SOLIDS HANDLING HENDRIK COLIJN THEORY OF SOLIDS FLOW DESIGN OF STORAGE SILOS AND HOPPERS FEEDERS MECHANICAL CONVEYING SYSTEMS PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEMS INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL HYDROMETALLURGY AND SOLUTION KINETICS KENNETH N HAN AND MAURICE C FUERSTENAU INTRODUCTION SOLUTION CHEMISTRY ELECTROCHEMISTRY REACTION KINETICS SHRINKING CORE MODELS REACTOR DESIGN RECOVERY OF METAL IONS FROM LEACH LIQUOR MINERAL PROCESSING WASTES AND THEIR REMEDIATION ROSS W SMITH AND STOYAN N GROUDEV LIQUID WASTES CONTAMINATED SOILS SOLIDS DISPOSAL AND LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF TAILINGS IMPOUNDMENTS ECONOMICS OF THE MINERALS INDUSTRY MATTHEW J HREBAR AND DONALD W GENTRY SUPPLY-DEMAND RELATIONSHIPS DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE MINERALS INDUSTRY MINERAL PROJECT EVALUATION