The production of spelter from zinc blende

Author

Lee R. Grabill

Abstract

"The problem which has been assigned to me for discussion as examination in metallurgy, is the treatment of a zinc blende from Sevier County, Arkansas; using the common Missouri or Illinois coal for fuel and the Spadra coal of Johnson County, Arkansas, as a reducing agent in the distillation process; and as clay for the manufacture of retorts, etc. that from the works at Cheltenham, Missouri, furnished by Parker, Russell & Company. Analysis of the materials used are to be given with details of processes and drawings & descriptions of machinery used; also approximate cost of furnaces, and approximate cost of production"--Problem for Examination in Metallurgy, page 3.

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Degree Name

B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering

Comments

Holograph [Handwritten and illustrated in entirety by author].

Download includes a transcription of this handwritten thesis.

Publisher

Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy

Publication Date

1878

Pagination

45 pages, 6 plates

Rights

© 1878 L. R. Grabill, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

SpelterSphalerite

Thesis Number

T 78

Print OCLC #

5920241

Electronic OCLC #

248686450

Recommended Citation

Grabill, Lee R., "The production of spelter from zinc blende" (1878). Bachelors Theses. 325.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/bachelors_theses/325