CHZ 311 - Physical Beneficiation Methods

Course Objectives

Definition and importance of physical separation in mineral processing, purpose of application and application area, physical properties of minerals for separation, enrichment methods and method selection, base enrichment flow sheet, evaluation of enrichment results, particle liberation, enrichment by size classification, enrichment by sorting, behavior of particle in fluid medium, importance of gravity separation, heavy dense separation methods, jigging separation, laminar flow separation and centrifuge separators, magnetic separation, electrostatic separation.

Course Description

Definition and importance of physical separation in mineral processing, purpose of application and application area, physical properties of minerals for separation, enrichment methods and method selection, base enrichment flow sheet, evaluation of enrichment results, particle liberation, enrichment by size classification, enrichment by sorting, behavior of particle in fluid medium, importance of gravity separation, heavy dense separation methods, jigging separation, laminar flow separation and centrifuge separators, magnetic separation, electrostatic separation.