Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer Software in Chemical and Extractive Metallurgy : Proceedings of the Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

The symposium is comprised of four sections: **(1) Thermochemical Computation and Data Banks:** Calculations of Thermodynamic Properties of Metallurgical Solutions. **(2) Pyrometallurgical and Process Applications:** Some Applications of Equilibria Calculation to Copper Pyrometallurgical Processes. **(3) Heat and Mass Transfer Applications:** Simulation of Microsegregation in Binary Alloys and **(4) Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence:** Real Time and Artificial Intelligence Software for Chemical and Extractive Metallurgy Content: Pergamon Titles of Related Interest , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Page v , F. AJERSCH, W.T. THOMPSON, G. ERIKSSON SYMPOSIUM AND CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS , Page vi Introduction to Thermochemical Computation and Data Banks , Page 1 , GUNNAR ERIKSSON, MILTON BLANDER CALCULATIONS OF THE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF METALLURGICAL SOLUTIONS , Pages 3-14 , Milton Blander HSC - SOFTWARE VER. 3.0 FOR THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS , Pages 15-29 , Antti Roine COMPLEX CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA CALCULATIONS WITH THE THERMODATA SYSTEM , Pages 31-44 , B. Cheynet The Thermodynamics Workbench: A Simulation Support System for Research and Education , Pages 45-58 , K.J. Meltsner, G. Kalonji COMPUTATIONS USING MTDATA OF METAL - MATTE - SLAG - GAS EQUILIBRIA , Pages 59-74 , A.T. Dinsdale, S.M. Hodson, T.I. Barry, J.R. Taylor METALLURGICAL APPLICATIONS OF THERMO–CALC , Pages 75-86 , Bo Sundman HETEROGENEOUS EQUILIBRIUM CALCULATIONS WITH MULTICOMPONENT SOLUTION MODELS - SOLGASMIX AND THE F*A*C*T SYSTEM , Pages 87-106 , W.T. Thompson, G. Eriksson, A.D. Pelton, C.W. Bale Introduction to Pyrometallurgical and Process Applications , Page 107 , F. AJERSCH, G. KAIURA EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF THE VACUUM METALLOTHERMAL REDUCTION OF LITHIUM OXIDE AND SPODUMENE , Pages 109-121 , A.A.J. Smeets, D.J. Fray, J.A. Charles ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HYDROGEN GAS PRODUCTION FROM DECOMPOSITION OF HEATED ASBESTOS TAILINGS , Pages 123-135 , F. AJERSCH, S. ADCOCK, M. MORENCY, R. MINEAU SIMULATING GRAVITY CIRCUITS: THE COMPROMISE BETWEEN ACCURACY AND SIMPLICITY , Pages 137-152 , A.R. Laplante, Y. Shu SOLUTIONS TO THE SYSTEM OF BATCH BALL MILL GRINDING EQUATIONS , Pages 153-160 , E.M. Sanchez, W. Amauta Introduction to Heat and Mass Transfer , Page 161 , F. MUCCIARDI, R. BERGMAN MICROSEGREGATION IN CAST ALLOYS , Pages 163-177 , Thomas P. Battle, Robert D. Pehlke Heat and Mass Transfer Simulations on a Personal Computer , Pages 179-208 , M.J. Brown, F. Mucciardi Heat Transfer Tutor and Caster for Educational Computing and Simulation , Pages 209-222 , H. Henein MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF ZINC PROCESSES , Pages 223-252 , G.G. Richards, D. Dreisinger, E. Peters, J.K. Brimacombe OVERALL ENERGY AND MATERIAL BALANCES USING THE OUTOKUMPU-HSC AND THE LOTUS 123 PROGRAMS , Pages 253-268 , Li Wu, Antti Roine, N.J. Themelis THE MEASUREMENT OF THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND SPECTRAL EMISSIVITY OF POROUS SPHERES - COMPUTER SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS , Pages 269-284 , K.S. Dominguez, J.R. Wynnyckyj Introduction to Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence , Page 285 , W.T. THOMPSON, A. VAHED REAL-TIME AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS FOR CHEMICAL AND EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY , Pages 287-307 , Stavros A. Argyropoulos, Osama T. Albaharna SIMSMART: SYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE (SI): THE INTEGRATION OF AI AND SIMULATION , Pages 309-324 , DON WAYE, ANDRE TERROUX COMPUTERIZED PROCESS PLANT SCHEDULING , Pages 325-328 , W.M. Sztrimbely, P.J. Weymouth, S.N. Smith Alloy Corrosion Data Bases Combined with Thermochemical Analyses , Pages 329-341 , R.C. John, W.T. Thompson, I. Karakaya COMPUTER TRAINING SIMULATION AT ALCAN LTEE , Pages 343-349 , G. Mak, D. Poulin, P. Harrington AUTHOR INDEX , Page 351