Description
Wiley India Mineral Processing by Vandana Rao and Sonam Patel and Avinash Lele
This book deals with the methodologies used in processing/separation of minerals from their ores, including pre-processing, dressing and separation techniques. Diverse types and grades of ore require diverse machinery, tools and techniques: the book amply addresses this need for variety of treatment. Besides these, background reading on occurrence of ores, mineralogy, properties of minerals and ores; all the important aspects of machinery used in practice; experimental methods; and numerical calculations involving extractive metallurgy have been given at appropriate depth
About the Author
Dr. Vandana Rao is Associate Professor in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering department in the M. S. University of Baroda. In a career span of 23 years she has guided more than 30 post-graduate students and many under-graduate students as well. She has published more than forty technical papers in reputed national and international journals and has authored a book “Development of Magnesium Alloys for Automobiles” jointly with Sonam Patel. Her areas of interest include mineral dressing, ceramic & composite materials, powder metallurgy, iron making, materials characterization, failure analysis and materials science.
Sonam Patel is a Lecturer in Metallurgy Department, Dr. S. & S. S. Ghandhy College of Engg. & Tech., Surat. She has published ten papers in reputed journals. Her areas of interest include materials science, ceramic & composite materials, non-ferrous metals, mineral dressing and powder metallurgy.
Avinash Lele has 39 years of teaching experience in metallurgical and materials engineering department in the M. S. University of Baroda. Presently he is visiting professor in the said department. He has published forty plus technical papers in reputed journals and has co-authored a book “Metallurgical Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Numericals”. His areas of interest are process metallurgy including principles of extractive metallurgy, ferrous and non-ferrous metal extraction, mineral processing, and analytical techniques in metallurgy, powder metallurgy, ceramics and materials science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BOOK REVIEW
Part I Mineral Processing
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Characteristics/properties of minerals for processing
Chapter 3: Comminution
Chapter 4: Crushing
Chapter 5: Grinding
Chapter 6: Sizing
Chapter 7: Classification & the movement of solids in fluids
Chapter 8: Gravity-concentration / separation
Chapter 9: Flotation
Chapter 10: Magnetic separation processes
Chapter 11: Separation of solids from fluids
Chapter 12: Typical flow sheets of mineral processing
Chapter 13: Pre treatment of ore/mineral/concentrate
Chapter 14: Chemical method of beneficiation
Chapter 15: Application of computer in mineral processing/dressing
Part II Experiments & Numericals In Mineral Processing
Experiments in mineral processing
Numerical
Appendix I Metallic ore minerals
Appendix II Selected physical properties of metals
Appendix III Minerals used in large amounts
Appendix IV Hardness of minerals-Mohs’ scale
Bibliography
Subject Index