COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR EROL KAYA

Offered to

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

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

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

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes