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Hydrometallurgy
- 1st Edition - February 1, 2019
- Author: Frank Crundwell
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 3 5 1 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 3 3 5 4 - 5
Hydrometallurgy describes the aqueous chemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, reactor design and engineering of extracting metals by hydrometallurgical routes. The book includes… Read more
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Request a sales quoteHydrometallurgy describes the aqueous chemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, reactor design and engineering of extracting metals by hydrometallurgical routes. The book includes the techniques by which gold, copper, nickel, cobalt and the platinum-group metals are produced as highly-pure metals to meet the exact needs of the market. In addition, the book covers the scientific and engineering principles of these types of processes, the industrial practice used to produce such high-value metals, and the factors that make these processes so successful. Finally, the recovery of valuable metals through recycling of waste materials is discussed.
- Presents a clear introduction for students and engineers, describing individual unit operations, eg Leaching, dissolution, digestion, electrowinning, electrorefining, solution purification, precipitation and solvent extraction
- Provides a quick reference on the basics of metallurgy, including the chemistry, modeling and design of hydrometallurgical processes
- Outlines the design of flowsheets, a topic not covered in academic studies, but necessary for the design of working process
Metallurgical engineers, mining engineers, chemical engineers, chemists and all studying and doing research on metallurgical engineering topics
Part 1 Foundations
1. Introduction
2. Chemistry
3. Thermodynamics
4. Kinetics
5. Reaction engineering
Part 2 Unit Operations
6. Leaching
7. Precipitation
8. Solvent Extraction
9. Carbon Adsorption
10. Electrowinning and Electrorefining
11. Crystallisation
12. Heap leaching
13. Bacterial Leaching
Part 3 Process Design
14. Principles of circuit design
15. Mass and energy balances
16. Effect of kinetics and thermodynamics on circuit performance
Part 4 Environmental
17. Water management
18. Energy management
- No. of pages: 704
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 1, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780444633514
- eBook ISBN: 9780444633545
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Frank Crundwell
Editorial board of the journal “Hydrometallurgy” and been an assistant editor.
I lectured hydrometallurgy for ten years while at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
I have numerous publications in the fields that make up hydrometallurgy - leaching, electrometallurgy, electrochemistry, bacterial leaching.
I have worked in the field for nearly thirty years. I have run a professional consultancy working in the field of hydrometallurgy for the last ten years.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, CM Solutions, Parklands, South Africa