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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Recovery of Nonferrous Metals

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 637-0806/01
Abbreviation RNžK
Course title Recovery of Nonferrous Metals
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Miroslav Kursa, CSc.

Subject syllabus

• Secondery raw material with content of various metals, their characteristics, distribution, storage and basic treatment.
• Physical, physico - chemical finishing processes. Hydrometallurgical, pyrometallurgical and combined methods of processing waste containing non-ferrous metals, refining procedures.
• Environmental and economic aspects of the use of secondary raw materials of metal, the current situation and recycling technologies in the Czech Republic.
• Heavy metals in different parts of the environment, levels of metals in water, soil and air in metallurgy, pollution prevention, the European IPPC Directive in the metallurgy of lead, copper and aluminum.
• Recycling different types of waste aluminum and its alloys (aluminum smelting and refining waste, swabs).
• Recycling of different types of waste copper and its alloys (waste copper, bronze, brass, base metal waste depreciation, anode sludge).
• Recycling of different types of waste nickel and its alloys (Ferronickel processing, joint processing of primary raw material).
• Recycling of different types of waste lead and its alloys (lead-acid balance, batteries, hard lead, pyrometallurgical recycling in KO Pribram.
• Recycling of different types of waste tin and its alloys (tinplate industrial and amortized wastes)
• Recycling of different types of waste zink and its alloys (tinplate industrial and amortized wastes)
• Recycling of different types of wastes precious metal (the anode sludge, electronic waste, discarded autokatalyzátory, Safina Vestec.
• Recycling of wastes of tungsten carbides, cobalt cabides
• Recycling of dangerous wastes with content of metals
• The treatment of cables and turnings wastes

Literature

[1] ASHBY, M. F. Materials and the Environment: Eco-Informed Material Choice. Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, Waltham, 2013, 616 s. ISBN 978-0-12-385971-6.

Advised literature

[1] RAMACHANDRA RAO, S. R. Resource Recovery and Recycling from Metallurgical Wastes. Elsevier, London, 2006. ISBN 978-0-08-045131-2.