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Facilities & Research

Major instructional and research facilities in the department include:

  • X-ray analysis lab.
  • Ultrafine grinding lab.
  • Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratories.

  • Atomic Force Microscopy Lab.

  • X-ray Micro-CT Lab.

  • Rapid solidification lab.
  • Electron microscopy coupled image analysis for mineral liberation lab.
  • Coal analysis laboratory.
  • Crushing, grinding, classification laboratory.
  • Pyrometallurgy lab.
  • Fluid modeling of pyrometallurgical systems lab.
  • Plasma materials synthesis lab.
  • Optical microscopy lab.
  • Instron mechanical testing facility.
  • Metallography lab.
  • Positron annihilation facility.
  • Electrometallurgy and corrosion lab.

Here are links to specific facilities and research centers:

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Pyrometallurgy

Pyrometallurgy

Pyrometallurgical processes, such as smelting, roasting, and converting, have been used by metallurgists for centuries to refine ores into metals.




Department of Metallurgical Engineering
135 S. 1460 E, Room 412 • Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: (801) 581-6386 Fax: (801) 581-4937
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