Mineral Processing: Including Mineral Dressing, Experiments and Numerical Problems

Contents: I. Mineral Processing: 1. Introduction. 2. Characteristics/properties of minerals for processing. 3. Comminution. 4. Crushing. 5. Grinding. 6. Sizing. 7. Classification and the movement of solids in fluids. 8. Gravity-concentration/separation. 9. Flotation. 10. Magnetic separation processes. 11. Separation of solids from fluids. 12. Typical flow sheets of mineral processing. 13. Pre treatment of ore/mineral/concentrate. 14.  Chemical method of beneficiation.
15. Application of computer in mineral processing/dressing. II. Experinents and Numerical in Mineral Processing: 1. Edperiments in mineral processing. 2. Numerical. Appendices. Bibliography. Subject Index. 

The book deals with the methodologies used in processing/separation of minerals from their ores, including pre-processing, dressing and separation techniques. Diverse types and grades of ore require diverse machinery, tools and techniques: the book amply addresses this need for variety of treatment. Besides these, background reading on occurrence of ores, mineralogy, properties of minerals and ores; all the important aspects of machinery used in practice; experimental methods; and numerical calculations involving extractive metallurgy have been given at appropriate depth. (jacket)