MET 614E - Nanohydrometallurgy

Course Objectives

1. To develop students skills to select, develop and produce alternative flow sheets for processing of metals, minerals and materials by hydrometallurgical methods,
2. To build students skills in description of new technologies contacting between the principles for the production of bulk materials and the principles for the production of materials on a nano-scale,
3. To improve students’ knowledge on the principles of nanohydrometallurgical applications as an integral component of nanotechnology,
4. To improve students conscious about the physical and chemical principles of nanohydrometallurgical processes.

Course Description

Hydrometallurgical processes, chemical hydrometallurgy, nanohydrometallurgy and principles of colloidal chemistry, sol-gel processing, hydrolysis and condensation, sols and gels, gelation, aging of gels, theory of deformation in gels, drying, structural change, surface chemistry and chemical modification, sintering, hydrothermal synthesis technology, principles and applications, hydrothermal crystal growth, hydrothermal reaction synthesis, electrochemistry of nanostructured materials, electro-deposition and electro-dissolution