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| MDM 365 | Flotation | 2+1+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals 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 an understanding of the fundamental elements of flotation systems such as solid, liquid and gas phases, electrochemical potential, thermodynamics of interfaces. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to flotation applications on naturally floatable minerals, sulfide, oxide, silicate and salt type minerals. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | understand basic flotation principles, and flotation equipments | 1,3,5,8,12 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 2 : | develop a detailed understanding of how flotation techniques are applied for a variety of oxide, sulphide and salt type minerals containing ores | 1,3,5,8,12 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 3 : | develop skills to prepare conceptual process flowsheet for a particular ore | 1,3,5,8,12 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 4 : | calculate mass balance in flotation circuits, formulate and solve engineering problems | 1,3,5,8,12 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 5 : | develop skills to produce and present reports | 1,3,5,8,12 | 1,3,5,6 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Flotation techniques, ore and pulp properties, flotation machines, flotation circuits, auxiliary apparatus. Surface chemistry of flotation, Solid, liquid and gas phases, electrochemical potential, surfaces and interfaces, thermodynamics of interfaces, contact angles in three-phase systems. Flotation reagents, anionic and cationic collectors, non-ionizing collectors, control reagents, froths, interaction of reagents with minerals. Coagulation, flocculation and dispersion, aggregation with inorganic chemicals and organic polymers, selective flocculation. Flotation applications on naturally floatable minerals, sulfide, oxide, silicate and salt type minerals. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General knowledge, the aim and contents of flotation, reference books, exams, midterm projects and evaluation of the lesson | | | Week 2 | Importance of flotation, history and economics | | | Week 3 | Preparation of the ores and flotation circuits | | | Week 4 | Phases in flotation | | | Week 5 | Flotation techniques, ore and pulp properties, flotation machines and equipments | | | Week 6 | Reagents in flotation | | | Week 7 | Surface chemistry in flotation | | | Week 8 | Flotation of copper-lead-zinc ores | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Flotation of oxidized copper-lead-zinc ores | | | Week 11 | Silicate minerals flotation | | | Week 12 | Flotation of soluable and semi-soluable salt type minerals | | | Week 13 | Evaluation of midterm projects | | | Week 14 | Evaluation of midterm projects | | | Week 15 | Evaluation of midterm projects | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Atak, S. 1982, Flotasyon ilkeleri ve uygulaması, İ.T.Ü. Maden Fakültesi, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Kaya, M. 1991, Flotasyon El Kitabı-1, Anadolu Üniversitesi, Eskişehir. | | | 3 | Fuerstenau, M.C., Miller, J.D., Kuhn, M.C., 1985, Chemistry of Flotation, SME/AIME, NewYork, USA | | | |
| 1 | Wills, B. A. 1979, Mineral Processing Technology, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England. | | | 2 | Crozier, R. D. 1992, Flotation Theory, Reagents and Ore Testing, Pergamon Press, New York, USA. | | | 3 | Glembotski, V. A. , Klassen, V. I. , Plaskin, I. N. , 1972, Flotation, New York, USA. | | | 4 | Sutherland, K. L. , Wark, I. W. , 1955, Principles of flotation, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Melbourne, Australia. | | | 5 | Gaudin, A. M. 1957, Flotation, Mc Graw Hill, New York, USA. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 23/11/2012 | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 08/01/2013 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 1 | 12 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 4 | 3 | 12 | | Proje | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 129 |
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