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| MDM4010 | Industrial Raw Materials | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring 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 per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Tuğba TÜRK | | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. Dr. Tuncay Uslu | | 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 - 1 : | learn major industrial minerals and their concentration | 6,9 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 2 : | design a process for industrial minerals to meet the desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, and manufacturability | 6,9 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 3 : | understand of the importance of life-long learning for professional development with an ability for effective use of information resources | 6,9 | 1,3,5,6 | | LO - 4 : | understand of global and social impacts of mining and mineral processing solutions, and awareness of the responsibilities for the exploitation of natural resources in most efficient and appropriate ways | 6,9 | 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 | | |
| 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 | 13/04/2010 | 1 | 30 | | Project | 11 | 05/05/2010 | 9 | | | Presentation | 12
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1415 | 12/05/2010 | 0,75 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 17/06/2010 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 99 |
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