CHEM 32062

>< Type/Status : Elective
>< Title : Earth Resources
>< Pre-requisite : All Level I CHEM Units
>< Objectives : To provide an understanding of the utilization of earth resources in chemical industries.
>< Course Content :

Metallurgy

Aluminum, magnesium, beryllium, titanium and their alloys; iron and steel

Minerals

Mineral sands, appatite, dolomite, quarts, mineral fertilizers

Ceramics

Ceramic products, composition and raw materials, manufacturing of ceramics: forming processes, casting processes, drying processes, firing processes

Petroleum Chemistry

Petroleum deposits, cracking process, fractional distillation and refining

>< Process : A combination of lectures and tutorials
>< Scheme of Evaluation : 100% end of course examination
>< Recommended Reading :
1. Buchel, K. H., Moretto, H. H. and Woditsch, P. (2000), Industrial Inorganic Chemistry, VCH.

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