Course Category:
Department Elective Course
In this course, students are introduced to metals and their ores, the application of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics on mining, heat methods used in producing metals from their ore and the industrial applications for producing ferrous and non-ferrous metals including the theories and application of blast furnace used in producing pig iron and the modern methods used in reducing iron from its familiar ores. The course also introduces students into the industrial methods used in producing copper, aluminium, manganese, magnesium; in addition to ferrous and non-ferrous alloys designation codes.
