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| MDML5330 | Ore Characterization and Analysis | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Lab work , Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course is intended to provide students with a detailed understanding to select useful mineral processing methods by using and interpreting microscopic, chemical and instrumental analysis techniques. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | understand the basic principles of the processes and equipment used in ore characterization | 2,4,6,9 | 1,2,3,5,6 | | PO - 2 : | discuss the importance of process mineralogy for mineral processing and hydrometallurgy | 2,4,6,9 | 1,2,3,5,6 | | PO - 3 : | familiar with the principles of optical microscopy, x-ray diffraction, x-ray fluorescence, electron microscopy, DTA and TGA | 2,4,6,9 | 1,2,3,5,6 | | PO - 4 : | discuss the use of these analyze techniques useful for their investigations | 2,4,6,9 | 1,2,3,5,6 | | PO - 5 : | design processing flowsheet | 2,4,6,9 | 1,2,3,5,6 | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Importance of process mineralogy for mineral processing and hydrometallurgical processes, techniques used in process mineralogy, important mineralogical aspects for mineral processing and leaching. Mineralogical analysis by x-ray diffraction, quantitative XRD methods, use of XRF for chemical analysis. Electron microscopy; scanned and transmitted beams. Identification of minerals. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General knowledges, the aim and contents of the lesson, reference books, reports, midterm projects and evaluation of the lesson | | | Week 2 | Importance of process minerology and mineral surface analysis in mineral processing | | | Week 3 | Sampling and identification of the minerals in the ore | | | Week 4 | The steoroscopic microscope | | | Week 5 | Petrographic microscopy | | | Week 6 | Ore microscopy | | | Week 7 | Preparation of thin sections and polished surfaces | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques | | | Week 10 | Mineral surface analysis, (XPS, ATR, FTIR, NMR, ESR, AES, SAM, AFM, SIMS, LIMS) | | | Week 11 | Scanning electron microscope (SEM-EDX) | | | Week 12 | Chemical analysis of the ores | | | Week 13 | Evaluation and discussing of the results | | | Week 14 | Evaluation of reports | | | Week 15 | Evaluation of reports | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Allen, T., 1999, Particle Size Measurement, Vol. 1-2, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Project | 8 | 13/04/2010 | | 30 | | Practice | 14 | 28/05/2010 | | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 16/06/2010 | | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Ödev | 6 | 6 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 16 | 1 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 201 |
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