COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SURFACE AND FLOTATION CHEMISTRY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIN 5011 SURFACE AND FLOTATION CHEMISTRY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EROL KAYA

Offered to

Mineral Processing
Mineral Processing
Mineral Processing

Course Objective

1. Teaching the importance of flotation and its basic mechanisms
2. Teaching characterization of minerals and their flotation properties
3. Teaching reagents (collectors, depressants, frothers, pH regulators, etc.) used in flotation
4. Teaching how to choose reagents for particular ore and how to run laboratory tests

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Determines ore characteristics for flotation.
2   Chooses reagents suitable for flotation and tests them.
3   Knows ions effective in flotation, zeta potential, contact angle, electrical double layer, etc.
4   Knows chemicals used in flotation.
5   Determines flowsheets for the flotation of different ores.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts and definitions in surface chemistry and flotation KAYA
2 Solubility, ionic equilibrium, pH calculations KAYA
3 Chemical and Molecular bonds, contact angle, free energy, capillarity force, surface tension, Young equation MALAYOĞLU
4 Flotation phases, solid-liquid inter phases, adsorption, wetting MALAYOĞLU
5 Flotation properties of minerals, surface charge, ions in flotation (potential determining ions, indifferent ions) KAYA
6 Electrical double layer, zeta potential, PZC KAYA
7 Reagents in flotation, definitions, chemical/physical adsorption KAYA/MALAYOĞLU
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Classification of reagents, collectors MALAYOĞLU
10 Regulating reagents, depressants frothers, slime coating MALAYOĞLU
11 Reagent design, (donor atoms, structure-activity relations, selectivity) KAYA
12 Flocculation, dispersion KAYA
13 Industrial applications (ores containing sulphur, oxides, carbonates) MALAYOĞLU
14 Specific applications in flotation KAYA/MALAYOĞLU

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1) Class notes and presentations

Subsidiary sources:
1) Flotation Chemistry, Mineral processing handbook. Norman L. Weiss . Society of Mining Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., New York,1985.
2) Chemistry of Flotation, Society of Mining Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., New York, 1985.
3) Surface chemistry of froth flotation, Jan Leja. Plenum Press.1983.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical class presentations
Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam %25
Assignments %25
Final %50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

erol.kaya@deu.edu.tr; 232 301 7514
ufuk.malayoglu@deu.edu.tr; 232 301 7528

Office Hours

Open door policy any time.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 6 6 36
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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