This volume outlines the scope of pyrometallurgy and pollution problems associated with the field of extractive metallurgy, introducing the chemical and engineering aspects of pyrometallurgy. It discusses different processes of preliminary treatment of ores.
Part I: General
1. Scope
2. Pollution Abatement Part II: Engineering Aspects
3. Heat Transfer I
4. Heat Transfer II
5. Solid-Gas Separation
6. Compaction of Powders
7. Oxidation of a Solid Phase
8. Oxidation in Molten Phase
9. Metallothermic Reactions Part III: Preliminary Treatment
10. Thermal Pretreatment
11. Alkali Fusion
12. Sulfation of Oxides
13. Oxidation of Sulfides
14. Matte Formation
15. Chlorination
16. Fluorination Part IV: Metal Separation: Reduction, Conversion, and Other Processes
17. Reduction: General
18. Reduction of Iron Oxides: Chemical Aspects
19. Reduction of Iron Oxides: Technical Aspects
20. Reduction of Iron Oxides: Direct Reduction Methods
21. Reduction of Nonferrous Oxides
22. Reduction of Complex Oxides and Oxide Mixture
23. Reduction of Halides
24. Reduction of Sulfides
25. Conversion of Sulfides
26. Other Processes Part V: Refining
27. Introduction
28. Selective Oxidation: Iron Refining
29. Selective Oxidation: Steelmaking Processes
30. Selective Oxidation: Copper Refining
31. Precipitation of Impurities from Melt
32. Selective Oxidation: Other Processes
33. Refining by Chemical Transport Mechanism
34. Physical Methods
FATHI HABASHI Department of Mining & Metallurgy, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
