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Sustainable Minerals and Recycling (CHEN90010)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Professor George Franks
Email: gvfranks@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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The minerals industry is of utmost importance to the Australian economy. This subject focuses on the liberation, size reduction, size separation and concentration separations in minerals processing. A range of design processes in extractive metallurgy, including hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy will be highlighted. Concepts behind aspects of physico-chemical principles of mineral separation processes to produce metals and ceramic products from ores as well as recycled materials and consumer products will be described. The systems approach to recycling of products, process sustainability and environmental considerations is extremely important in mineral processing and this will be studied in detail.
Indicative content: mineral processing separation concepts; the importance of sustainable mineral processing; the mechanisms used in dewatering mineral tailings; influence of material properties on recyclability; influence of recycling on material purity and properties; development of case studies in recycling products to recover valuable materials.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject the student is expected to:
- Interpret the complex interaction of processes within the material cycle, starting with primary material production from minerals, materials production, consumer products and ending with recycled material, waste and environmental issues, including design of a recycling process
- Design equipment for mineral processing
- Design tailings dewatering processes
- Have a good understanding of sustainability in mineral processing and recycling.
Generic skills
- Capacity for independent thought
- Awareness of advanced technologies in the discipline
- Ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals
- Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution
- Ability to utilise a systems approach to design and operational performance
Last updated: 16 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into Master of Chemical Engineering and Master of Chemical Engineering: Business; or Sustainability and Environmental; or Materials and Minerals programs
OR
All other Master of Engineering students may seek approval from their Course Coordinator and the Subject Coordinator to take this subject.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
CHEN40011 Minerals, Materials and Recycling
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 16 February 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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One written assignment. Intended Learning Outcomes 1 to 4 are addressed in this activity.
| Week 6 | 10% |
One written assignment. Intended Learning Outcomes 1 to 4 are addressed in this activity.
| Week 9 | 10% |
One written assignment. Intended Learning Outcomes 1 to 4 are addressed in this activity.
| Week 12 | 10% |
One written examination. Intended Learning Outcomes 1 to 4 are addressed in this activity.
| End of semester | 70% |
Additional details
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) 1 - 4 are addressed in the examination and the regular assignments.
Last updated: 16 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator George Franks Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 2 x 2 hour lectures per week Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022 Semester 2 contact information
Professor George Franks
Email: gvfranks@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated 200 hours
Last updated: 16 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
None
- Subject notes
LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS
Lectures, homework assignments, worked examples case studies and guest lectures.
INDICATIVE KEY LEARNING RESOURCES
Comprehensive Lecture Notes are provided on LMS for the Students. Materials for the lecture notes are taken from the following list of sources which is provided to the students.
MINERALS- Introduction to Mineral Processing, Kelly, E. G., and Spottiswood, D. J., 1995.Australian Mineral Foundation, (K&S)
- Mineral Processing Technology, 6th Edition, Wills, B. A., 1997. Butterworth Heinemann, (Wills)
METALS PRODUCTION
- Principles of Extractive Metallurgy, F. Habashi, Gordon and Breach, 2nd ed., Vols 1-3, 1980. (Habashi).
- Process Principles in Minerals & Materials Production, P. Hayes, Hayes Publishing, Brisbane, 1993. (Hayes).
- Extraction Metallurgy, 3rd ed., J. D. Gilchrist, Pergamon Press, 1989. (Gilchrist)
- Extractive Metallurgy of Copper, W. G. Davenport, M. King, M. Schlesinger, A. K. Biswas, 4th ed., Pergamon, 2002. (DKSB)
MATERIALS- Materials Science and Engineering an Introduction, Callister, W. D. Jr.
- Sixth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2003. (Call)
- The Principals of Engineering Materials, Barrett, C. R., Nix, W. D., and Tetelman, A.S., Prentice Hall, 1973. (BNT).
- Introduction to Engineering Materials, Second Edition, John, V. B., Macmillan Press, 1983. (John).
- Principles of Materials Science and Engineering, 3rd edition, Smith, W. F., McGraw Hill, NY, 1996. (Smith)
- Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Ashby, M. F., Permagon Press 1992 and 1999. (Ashby).
- Engineering Materials 1, 3rd edition, and Engineering Materials 2, Ashby, M. F. and Jones , D. R. H., Elsevier, 2005., Butterworth-Heinemann, (A&J)
- MIT OpenCourseWare, Materials Science and Engineering Department, http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/index.htm (MIT)
- Elements of Materials Science and Engineering, 3rd Edition, Van Vlack, L. H., 1975., Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, (Van Vlack)
- Introduction to Ceramics, 2nd Edition, Kingery, W. D., Bowen, H. K., Uhlmann, D. R., 1976. John Wiley and Sons, NY, (KBU)
- Materials Science for Engineers, 5th edition, Anderson, J. C., Leaver, K. D., Leevers, P., Rawlings, R. D., 2003., Nelson Thornes, Ltd. London, (ALLR)
- Coulson and Richardson’s Chemical Engineering, Volume 6, Third Edition, R. K. Sinnot, R. K., 1999, Butterworth-Heinemann, (C&R).
- Introduction to Dislocations, 2nd edition, D. Hull, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1975, (Hull)
- Materials Science and Engineering, G. F. Carter and D. E. Paul, 1991. ASM International, (C&P)
- Physical Chemistry, 7th Edition, P. Atkins and J. de Paula, Oxford Univ. press, 2002. (Atkins)
RECYCLING
- The Metrics of Material and Metal Ecology, Reuter, M. A., Heiskanen, K., Boin, U., van Schaik, A., Verhoef, E. yang, Y., Georgalli, G., Elsevier, 2005. (Reuter)
CAREERS / INDUSTRY LINKS
The recycling component of the subject, (lectures and a case study) is taught by an engineer from industry. There are also typically 2 or 3 other guest lecturers (1 to 2 hours) from industry as well.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Ph.D.- Engineering Course Doctor of Philosophy - Engineering Course Master of Philosophy - Engineering Specialisation (formal) Biochemical Specialisation (formal) Chemical with Business Specialisation (formal) Chemical - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 16 February 2024