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Sustainable Minerals and Recycling (CHEN90010) // Further information

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    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.

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Last updated: 16 February 2024