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| MDM4010 | Industrial Raw Materials | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Tuğba TÜRK | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course is intended to provide students the knowledge about the detailed processing techniques of some industrial minerals especially boron and borates, feldspar, graphite, clays, magnesite, fluorite, celestite. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 6 : | learn major industrial minerals and their concentration. design a process for industrial minerals to meet the desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, and manufacturability | 6,9 | 1,5, | | LO - 9 : | understand of the importance of life-long learning for professional development with an ability for effective use of information resources. understand of global and social impacts of mining and mineral processing solutions, and awareness of the responsibilities for the exploitation of natural resour | 6,9 | 1,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The course covers beneficiation methods of some industrial minerals such as, clay minerals (kaolin, bentonite etc. ) , boron and borates, feldspar minerals, pegmatite, fluorspar, celestite, graphite, magnesite, soda ash and zeolites. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Classification of industrial minerals | | | Week 2 | Methods used in industrial minerals concentration | | | Week 3 | Methods used in industrial minerals concentration | | | Week 4 | New techniques used in industrial minerals application | | | Week 5 | Concentration of beach sands | | | Week 6 | Removing of impurities from clay minerals | | | Week 7 | Removing of impurities from granite, syenite, pegmatite and aplite | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Chromite specifications by use and chromite concentration | | | Week 10 | Mineral processing techniques used in magnesite concentration | | | Week 11 | Concentration of boron minerals | | | Week 12 | Soda ash and celestite concentration | | | Week 13 | Assignment and student presentation | | | Week 14 | Assignment and student presentation | | | Week 15 | Assignment and student presentation | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Hiçyılmaz, C. 2000; Beneficiation of Industrial Minerals, METU, Ankara. | | | |
| 1 | Harben, P. W. 1992; The Industrial Minerals Handy Book, Industrial Minerals Division, Metal Bulletin PLC, London | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 18/04/2024 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 14 | 06/06/2024 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 9 | 1 | 9 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 53 |
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