2023
Industrial Mineral Resources
Name: Industrial Mineral Resources
Code: GEO13473M
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Geological Engineering
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
This discipline aims to provide students with knowledge about the genesis of non-metallic mineral resources, characterization of mineral raw materials and their industrial applications, with a main incidence in ornamental rocks, aggregates and clays.
The theoretical program is complemented with a strong laboratory component, with tests to be carried out in the laboratories of the Department of Geosciences.
The theoretical program is complemented with a strong laboratory component, with tests to be carried out in the laboratories of the Department of Geosciences.
Contents
THEORETICAL
1.Non-metallic mineral resources in the economy and society.
2.Geology of the main non-metallic mineral raw materials (industrial minerals, clays, ornamental rocks and industrial rocks).
3.Types of exploitations: cycle of quarry work in extractive units of ornamental rock; cycle of quarry work in extractive units of aggregates.
4.Characterization of mineral raw materials. Main properties of raw materials for industrial applications.
5.Ornamental rock processing units, aggregate production units and clay concentration units.
PRACTICE
1.Characterization of clays: Atterberg limits.
2.Characterization of aggregates: granulometric analysis, shape index, flatness index, sand equivalent, methylene blue.
3.Characterization of ornamental rocks: mechanical resistance to compression, mechanical resistance to flexion, resistance to slipping.
4.Contact with the national extractive reality (technical visits to extractive and processing units).
1.Non-metallic mineral resources in the economy and society.
2.Geology of the main non-metallic mineral raw materials (industrial minerals, clays, ornamental rocks and industrial rocks).
3.Types of exploitations: cycle of quarry work in extractive units of ornamental rock; cycle of quarry work in extractive units of aggregates.
4.Characterization of mineral raw materials. Main properties of raw materials for industrial applications.
5.Ornamental rock processing units, aggregate production units and clay concentration units.
PRACTICE
1.Characterization of clays: Atterberg limits.
2.Characterization of aggregates: granulometric analysis, shape index, flatness index, sand equivalent, methylene blue.
3.Characterization of ornamental rocks: mechanical resistance to compression, mechanical resistance to flexion, resistance to slipping.
4.Contact with the national extractive reality (technical visits to extractive and processing units).
Teaching Methods
Classroom presentation, laboratory work and technical visits.
Whenever possible students should be involved in work related to service or research and development in the Department of Geosciences.
The evaluation will have a continuous assessment component (student involvement and availability, application of acquired knowledge, etc.), complemented by the accomplishment of frequencies or theoretical examination and the evaluation of reports of the practical work.
Whenever possible students should be involved in work related to service or research and development in the Department of Geosciences.
The evaluation will have a continuous assessment component (student involvement and availability, application of acquired knowledge, etc.), complemented by the accomplishment of frequencies or theoretical examination and the evaluation of reports of the practical work.
Teaching Staff
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