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Metallurgy Of Nickel Flashcards

1
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Percentage of Chromium that makes Stainless steel corrosion resistant, and have bright silvery appearance

A

10.5%

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2
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Component that stabilizes authentic structure of steel

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Nickel

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3
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Properties of stainless steel when Nickel is added

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High tensile strength, high ductility, low yield stress

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Physical Characteristics of Pure Nickel metal

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Lustrous, silvery-white, hard, malleable, and ductile

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5
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Natural Forms of Nickel

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  • Laterite
  • Pentlandite
  • Millerite
  • Nickeline/ Niccolite
  • Nickel Glance
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Oxide form of Nickel

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Laterite

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7
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Sulfide form of Nickel

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Millerite

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8
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Mineral consisting mainly of iron-nickel sulfide

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Pentlandite

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9
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Mineral consisting primarily of nickel arsenide

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Nickeline / Niccolite

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10
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Nickel arsenic sulfide mineral

A

GERSDORFFITE / Nickel Glance

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Top 5 Most Abundant Element by Mass

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  1. Iron
  2. Oxygen
  3. Silicon
  4. Magnesium
  5. Nickel
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12
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60% of the Nickel is found in _ while the rest is found in _.

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  • Laterite
  • sulfide deposits
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13
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Types of Nickel Ore

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  • Nickel Sulfide Ore
  • Nickel Oxide Ore
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14
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Process in formation of volcanic material

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Volcanic material -> Sulfidation in magma -> Nickel Sulfide Ore

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15
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Process of formation of laterite from parent rock by extended weathering

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Lateritization

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16
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Zones/Types of laterite levels

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  • Limonite
  • Saprolite
17
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Zone of laterite where iron is high and Nickel, Magnesium, and Silicate is low

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Limonite

18
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Zone of laterite where iron is low and nickel, magnesium, silicate

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Saprolite

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Color of saprolite zone

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Greenish-yellowish, clayey

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Color of limonite zone

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Reddish-yellowish

21
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Layer where serpentinized peridotite and dunite

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Bed Rock Zone

22
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Areas where nickel oxide deposits are found

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Tropical areas

23
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Types of Ore Treatment

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  • Pyrometallurgy
  • Hydrometallurgy
24
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Extraction and refinery of ores using high energy input

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Pyrometallurgy

25
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Involves the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals from ores, concentrates, and recycled or residual materials.

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Hydrometallurgy

26
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Treatment of Laterite Ores and Their Respective Types

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  1. Iron-Nickel Process - Pyrometallurgy
  2. HPAL Process - Hydrometallurgy
  3. Utility Nickel Process - Both
27
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Advantages of HPAL

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  • Applied to low-grade laterites
  • Much acid is regenerated
  • > 95% can be separated
  • Energy Intensive Process
28
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Applications of Nickel

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  • Stainless steel
  • Super alloys
  • Other Alloys
  • Battery
  • Catalysts
  • Colorant
  • Electronics
  • Others
29
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Disadvantage of HPAL

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  • Not economical to saprolite
  • Corrosive to equipment and requires maintenance
  • Excess free acid needs neutralization

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