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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820974503321

Titolo

Treatise on process metallurgy . Volume 1 Process fundamentals / / editor-in-chief, Seshadri Seetharaman, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden ; co-editors-in-chief, Alexander McLean, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Roderick Guthrie, McGill Metals Processing Centre, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B2, Canada, Seetharaman Sridhar, Royal Academy of Engineering/Tata Steel Research Chair in Low Carbon Materials Technologies, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Elsevier, , 2014

ISBN

0-08-096987-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvli, 952 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

981

Soggetti

Metallurgy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Treatise on Process Metallurgy: Process Fundamentals; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Editor in Chief; Co-Editor-in-Chief; Contributors to volume 1; Acknowledgement; The Review Committee; Chapter 1: Process Metallurgy-An Argosy Through Time; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Alchemy and the Discovery of Metals; 1.3. Development of Extraction Processes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 1.1: Introduction to Metallurgical Processing; 1.1.1. Recent Development Trends; 1.1.1.1. Drivers for Change; 1.1.1.2. Process Trends; 1.1.2. Process Options; 1.1.2.1. Process Stages and Aims

1.1.2.2. Alternative Process Routes1.1.2.3. Alternative Process Routes for Selected Metals; 1.1.3. Classification of Metallurgical Reactors; 1.1.3.1. Gas/Solid Reactors; 1.1.3.1.1. Shaft Furnaces; 1.1.3.1.2. Rotary Kiln; 1.1.3.1.3. Fluidized Beds; 1.1.3.1.4. Entrained Flow Reactors; 1.1.3.1.5. Moving and Fixed Grate Reactors; 1.1.3.2. Liquid/Solid Reactors; 1.1.3.2.1. In Situ Leaching; 1.1.3.2.2. Heap Leaching; 1.1.3.2.3. Percolation Leaching; 1.1.3.2.4. Agitation Leaching; 1.1.3.2.5. Crystallizers/Precipitation Reactors; 1.1.3.2.6. Electrochemical Production Reactors



1.1.3.2.7. Ion Exchange Reactors1.1.3.3. Liquid-Phase Reactors; 1.1.3.3.1. Gas/Liquid Reactors; 1.1.3.3.1.1. Bath Smelting Processes; 1.1.3.3.1.2. Bath Refining Processes; 1.1.3.3.2. Liquid/Liquid Reactions; 1.1.3.4. Multistep Reactors; 1.1.3.4.1. Blast Furnaces and Other Counter Current Reactors; 1.1.3.4.2. Reverberatory Furnaces; 1.1.3.4.3. Flash Smelting Processes; 1.1.3.4.4. Multistage Smelting Processes; 1.1.3.4.5. Solvent Extraction; 1.1.4. Summary of General Characteristics of Metallurgical Reactors; 1.1.4.1. Pyrometallurgy; 1.1.4.2. Hydro- and Electrometallurgical Reactors

1.1.5. Reactor and Process Design Methodologies1.1.6. Summary; Reference; Chapter 2: Structure and Properties of Matter; 2.1. State and Equilibrium; 2.2. State of Matter; 2.3. Solid; 2.4. Liquid; 2.5. Gas; 2.6. Glass=Amorphous Solid; 2.7. Plasma; 2.8. Phase Transition; 2.9. Glass Transition; 2.10. Description of Structural Features of Liquid; 2.11. Structural Features of Metallic and Oxide Melts; References; Chapter 2.1: Structure and Properties of Molten Metals; 2.1.1. Structure; 2.1.1.1. Introduction; 2.1.1.2. Levitation Methods; 2.1.1.3. X-ray and Neutron Diffraction-Basics

2.1.1.4. Results2.1.1.4.1. Pure Elements; 2.1.1.4.2. Alloys; 2.1.2. Properties; 2.1.2.1. Experimental Techniques; 2.1.2.1.1. Pyrometry; 2.1.2.1.2. Thermal Expansion and Density; 2.1.2.1.2.1. Maximum Bubble Pressure; 2.1.2.1.2.2. Dilatometers; 2.1.2.1.2.3. Capillary Dilatometers; 2.1.2.1.2.4. Push-rod Technique; 2.1.2.1.2.5. Levitated Drop; 2.1.2.1.3. Thermal Properties; 2.1.2.1.3.1. Differential Scanning Calorimetry; 2.1.2.1.3.2. Drop Calorimetry; 2.1.2.1.3.3. Modulation Calorimetry; 2.1.2.1.4. Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Diffusivity; 2.1.2.1.5. Electrical Conductivity

2.1.2.1.6. Mass diffusion

Sommario/riassunto

Process metallurgy provides academics with the fundamentals of the manufacturing of metallic materials, from raw materials into finished parts or products.   Coverage is divided into three volumes, entitled Process Fundamentals, encompassing process fundamentals, extractive and refining processes, and metallurgical process phenomena; Processing Phenomena, encompassing ferrous processing; non-ferrous processing; and refractory, reactive and aqueous processing of metals; and Industrial Processes, encompassing process modeling and computational tools, energy optimizat