Thermodynamics, Mechanism and Kinetics of Metallurgical Processes, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024 | Viewed by 832
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thermodynamics and kinetics of extractive metallurgy processes; kinetics of extraction/purification of metals from residues; concentration of elements of interest from dilute solutions
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Interests: (bio)flotation; colloid chemistry in mineral processing; resources recycling; sustainable process development; fate, transformation, and transport of nanomaterials; extractive metallurgy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The analysis of factors affecting metallurgical processes, where extraction/concentration/precipitation of useful metal is involved, is of great relevance since product analysis intrinsically generates process optimization. To achieve these goals, each process must be evaluated through a series of experimental studies that involve the processing of empirical data which must agree with the theoretical work. The experimental results must be validated by analysis and interpretation of the solids, liquids, or gases generated by the experimental work; in parallel, those analyses must be supported by detailed and substantiated work using thermodynamic tools. The juxtaposition of experimental and theoretical evaluation produces chemical or thermochemical reaction mechanisms supporting relevant and innovative hypotheses in metallurgical processes. On the other hand, mass transfer mechanisms promote heterogeneous kinetic models, widely used to understand the true incidence of factors such as temperature, reagent/gas concentration, surface area, and porosity level, among others, on the reaction rate, leading to intrinsic impact of the real actors on the evolution of metallurgical treatment.
The critical evaluation of processes based on thermodynamics, heterogeneous kinetics, and reaction mechanisms will affect the basis of the metallurgical structure and backbone of any process, leading in the direction of optimization, economic performance, and specific requirement of each mineral/metal treatment of interest.
This Special Issue aims to bring together studies related to the bridges of this metallurgical backbone such as thermodynamics, reaction mechanisms/mass transfer, and heterogeneous kinetics, as a whole or separately, contributing and generating new ideas for the next generations of extractive metallurgists.
Dr. Álvaro Aracena Araccena Caipa
Prof. Dr. Hyunjung Kim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermodynamics for high and low temperatures
- heterogeneous kinetics
- extractive metallurgical processes
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Authors: Orlando Yepsen*, Lorena Cornejo-Ponce*, Rodrigo Yepsenc
2. Title: Collectors' Dosing Effect on Floatability and Kinetics of a copper sulphide Ore during Milling and Froth Flotation
Authors: Keotshepile Lynette Tau, Daniel Ogochukwu Okanigbe *, Abimbola Patricia Popoola, Munyadziwa Mercy Ramakokovhu
3. Title: Experimental and simulation studies on non-uniform fluidization characteristics of two-component particles in a bubbling fluidized bed
Authors: Mingmei Zhu, Zhong Zheng *, Weiping Hao, Zhengjiang Yang, Zhancheng Guo *
4. Title: Comparing the kinetics behavior of graphite and sugarcane bagasse in ironmaking reactions based on thermogravimetric analysis
Authors: Artur S. C. Rego, Nathalli M. Mello, Eduardo A. Brocchi, Rodrigo F. M. Souza
