MIN473 - Metallurgy of rare and precious metals

Course specification
Course title		Metallurgy of rare and precious metals
Acronym		MIN473
Study programme		Metallurgical Enginering
Module
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Vaso Manojlović prof. dr Željko Kamberović
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		prof. dr Vaso Manojlović prof. dr Željko Kamberović
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		5.0	Status
Condition		no	Облик условљености
The goal		Introduction to the processes and technological schemas of rare and precious metals in metallurgy with the ability to follow new technological solutions. Gaining engineering knowledge necessary for further training in the field of metal recycling, designing recycling technology and environmental protection.
The outcome		Gaining engineering knowledge required in metallic materials engineering, and for the further development in extractive metallurgy, metallurgy of rare metals, recycling and environmental protection.
Contents
Contents of lectures		• Preparation of raw material for rare and precious metals production • Procedures for production, process of reduction, refining and electrolytic process. • Powder metallurgy of rare metals, forming, pressing, sintering of powders. Refractory rare metals. • Metallurgy of uranium, preparation, leaching, salts refining, metallic uranium. • Metallurgy of scattered rare-earth metals. Light rare metals. • Producing and classification of high-purity metals. Procedures for metals refining, zonal refinement, fractional crystallization, forming of highly volatile compounds, thermal decomposition. Electrolysis of solution, melt and amalgam. • Selection of refining methods. Techno-economic parameters of individual operations.
Contents of exercises		Practical laboratory classes: preparation of ore, roasting, smelting and refining, preparation and leaching, solution purification
Literature
B.Đurković, D.Đurković, Metalurgija retkih metala, TMF, Beograd (1991) 469. (Original title) Ž.Kamberović, Dobijanje teškotopivih metala iz domaćih sirovina, interni materijal (2005) 50. (Original title) Ž.Kamberović, D.Sinadinović, M.Korać, Metalurgija zlata i srebra, SIMS, 2006, 160. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	1	0
Methods of teaching
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		15	Test paper	50
Practical lessons			Oral examination
Projects
Colloquia		20
Seminars		25