Extractive Metallurgy 2: Metallurgical Reaction Processes

Alain Vignes

ISBN 10: 1848212879 / ISBN 13: 9781848212879

Published by ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2011

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The Extractive Metallurgy series is devoted to the extraction of metals from ores and other sources, their refining to the state of either liquid or solid metal, and the various processes needed to carry out these operations. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686. . 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Extractive Metallurgy 2: Metallurgical Reaction Processes
• Publisher: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848212879
• ISBN 13: 9781848212879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Extractive metallurgy is the art and science of extracting metals from their ores and refining them. The production of metals and alloys from these source materials is still one of the most important and fundamental industries in both developed and developing economies around the world. The outputs and products are essential resources for the metallic, mechanical, electromagnetic, electrical and electronics industries (silicon is treated as a metal for these purposes).

This series is devoted to the extraction of metals from ores, concentrates (enriched ores), scraps, and other sources and their refining to the state of either liquid metal before casting or to solid metals. The extraction and refining operations that are required may be carried out by various metallurgical reaction processes.

Extractive Metallurgy 1 deals with the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics of the reaction processes. Extractive Metallurgy 2 focuses on pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, halide and electro-metallurgical (conversion) processes. Extractive Metallurgy 3 deals with the industrial processing operations, technologies, and process routes, in other words the sequence of steps or operations used to convert the ore to metal. Processes and operations are studied using the methodology of "chemical reaction engineering".

As the fundamentals of the art and science of Extractive Metallurgy are infrequently taught as dedicated university or engineering schools courses, this series is intended both for students in the fields of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering who want to acquire this knowledge, and also for engineers put in charge of the operation of an industrial production unit or the development of a new process, who will need the basic knowledge of the corresponding technology.

About the Author

Alain Vignes was Professor of Metallurgical Reaction Engineering at the School of Mines of Nancy in France, then Professor and Director of the Materials Research Center of the School of Mines of Paris. He was then Chief Metallurgist for the French Nuclear Power Company (today AREVA NP).