Recent Researches in Metallurgical Engineering: From Extraction to Forming, 2-nd Edition

196 Pages·19.382 MB·English

by  Nusheh M., Ahuett H.G., Arrambide A.

RECENT RESEARCHES

IN METALLURGICAL
ENGINEERING – FROM
EXTRACTION TO FORMING
Edited by
Mohammad Nusheh,
Horacio Garza Ahuett
Alejandro Arrambide
RECENT RESEARCHES
IN METALLURGICAL
ENGINEERING

FROM EXTRACTION TO FORMING
Edited by Mohammad Nusheh,
Horacio Garza Ahuett
and Alejandro Arrambide
Recent Researches in Metallurgical Engineering: From Extraction to Forming
Edited by Mohammad Nusheh, Horacio Garza Ahuett and Alejandro Arrambide
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First published March, 2012 second - 2016
ISBN-10: 953-51-0356-3
ISBN-13: 978-953-51-0356-1

Contents

Preface IX
Part 1 Metal Recovery from Industrial Waste 1
Chapter 1 Possibilities of Exploitation
of Bauxite Residue from Alumina Production 3
Marián Schwarz and Vladimír Lalík
Part 2 Hydro-Electrometallurgical Processes 23
Chapter 2 Oxidative Hydrometallurgy of Sulphide Minerals 25
F. R. Carrillo-Pedroza, M. J. Soria-Aguilar, E. Salinas-Rodríguez,
A. Martínez-Luevanos, T. E. Pecina-Treviño and A. Dávalos-Sánchez
Chapter 3 Methods for the Enhancement
of Mass Transport at the Recovery of
Metal Ions from Hydroelectrometallurgical Processes 43
Mirela Ioana Iorga, Raluca Pop,
Marius Constantin Mirica and Doru Buzatu
Part 3 Modelling of the Refining Processes in
the Production of Steel and Ferroalloys 63
Chapter 4 Modelling of the Refining
Processes in the Production
of Ferrochrome and Stainless Steel 65
Eetu-Pekka Heikkinen and Timo Fabritius
Part 4 Heat Treatment – Modeling to Practice 89
Chapter 5 The Estimation of the Quenching
Effects After Carburising Using an
Empirical Way Based on Jominy Test Results 91
Mihai Ovidiu Cojocaru, Niculae Popescu and Leontin Drugă
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Part 5 Semi-Solid Processing and
Die Casting of Alloys and Composites 123
Chapter 6 Semisolid Processing of Al/β-SiC
Composites by Mechanical Stirring
Casting and High Pressure Die Casting 125
H. Vladimir Martínez and Marco F. Valencia
Chapter 7 Die Casting and New Rheocasting 143
Matjaž Torkar, Primož Mrvar, Jožef Medved,
Mitja Petrič, Boštjan Taljat and Matjaž Godec
Chapter 8 Squeeze Casting of Al-Si Alloys 161
Bellisario Denise, Boschetto Alberto, Costanza Girolamo,
Tata Maria Elisa, Quadrini Fabrizio and Santo Loredana

Preface

As the title, “Recent Researches in Metallurgical Engineering, From Extraction to Forming”
implies, this text blends new theories with practices covering a broad field of metal-
related technologies including mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, heat
treatment and casting.
This book is divided into different 5 chapters. Each of the chapters is a review of the
research made by the authors during the last decade, and includes references to the
research published in scientific papers and conference proceedings by experts in the
field.
Altogether, this book contains five chapters. In Chapter 1, the author has endeavored
to describe the possibilities of exploitation and recovery of valuable minerals and
metals from a well-known industrial waste named red (brown) mud which is
produced during processing of bauxite mineral in alumina production. The book
begins with this chapter because it is somehow related to mineral processing, which
usually takes the position as the principal front-end operation in the overall process
flowsheet for metal extraction. Chapter 2 deals with hydro- and electro-metallurgy.
The first section of this chapter focused on oxidative leaching of sulfide minerals
which is a challenging issue in extractive metallurgy of copper and precious metals
such as gold. The second section of Chapter 2 presents the main methods for mass
transfer increasing during the electrochemical deposition of metals from hydro-
electro-metallurgical processes wasted solutions. The goal of Chapter 3 is to present
the current state of the modeling concerning the refining processes in the production
of ferrochrome and stainless steel. In Chapter 4, the authors describe the estimation of
the quenching effects made after carburizing based on the information provided by
Jominy test. The Jominy end-quench test is the standard method for measuring the
hardenability of steels. The last chapter, addresses certain representative issues
concerning semi-solid processing and die-casting of specific alloys and composites.
I wish the book will be useful for engineers, students and all those interested in
metallurgical engineering. I am very grateful to InTech for giving me the honor of
being the editor of this book and I would like to thank the individuals who have
helped with the preparation of this book, specially, Mrs. Ana Skalamera, the
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publishing process manager. The efforts of Dr. Horacio Ahuett-Garza and M.Sc.
Arrambide as co-editors on this project are highly acknowledged. Finally, I express my
appreciation to all the authors participating in this project.

Mohammad Nusheh, PhD in Extractive Metallurgy
Materials Science and Engineering Department,
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran,
Iran