A.        PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

   

 

Name Surname          

Yavuz A. Topkaya

Title

Prof.Dr.

Date and Place of Birth

06.09.1947,  Sivrihisar/Eskişehir/Turkey

Tel / Fax                        

90-312-2102538  Fax: 90-312-2101330

Email                             

topkaya@metu.edu.tr

Website                         

 

B.        EDUCATION, DEGREE, AWARD

 

Date

Degree Awarded

1969

Bachelor of Metallurgy (B.Met.), Sheffield University, England

1974

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

 

C.        RESEARCH  ACTIVITIES

 

Extractive metallurgy in general: Hydrometallurgy; Pyrometallurgy; Pretreatment processes such as drying, calcination, roasting and agglomeration; Mineral processing; Waste treatment and utilization in particular.

 

  

D.         PUBLICATIONS

 

 

1. “Sulphuric acid leaching of Turkish chromite concentrate”, Minerals Engineering, 15, p.885-888, 2002

2. “Recovery of rare earths from a bastnasite preconcentrate”, Rare Earths and Actinides, Technology and Applications IV, Edited by R.G. Bautista, TMS, p.11-16, 2000

3. “Floatability of zircon with sodium oleate”, Proceedings of the XXIst International Mineral Processing Congress, Rome, Italy, B8b-109-115, 2000

4. “Acid curing and baking of bastnasite ore and concentrate”, Materials Science Forum, 49, p.530-536, 1999

5. “Hydrochloric acid pressure-oxidation of a pyrite concentrate from Vaal Reefs East Gold Mine”, CIM Bulletin, 92, p.70-74, 1999

6. “Dechlorination of a zinc dross”, Hydrometallurgy, 49, p.179-187, 1998

7. “Calcination of the Turkish manganese ore from Denizli-Tavas region”, Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing, 31, p.203-213, 1998

8. “Leaching by ferric sulphate of raw and concentrated copper-zinc complex ores”, International Journal of Mineral Processing, 36, p.245-257, 1992

9. “Potential recovery of germanium from leach residues and electrolyte purification precipitates of Turkish zinc plant”, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Reviews, 10, p.281-289, 1992

10. “Extraction of cobalt and copper from historical slags of Küre”, ATB Metallurgie, 1-2, p.23-28, 1990

11. “Ferric chloride leaching of a complex copper-zinc sulphide ore in the presence of a solvent for elemental sulphur”, La Chimica and L’Industria, 72, 8/9, p.707-712, 1990

12. “Extraction of cobalt and copper from Küre pyrite concentrate”, Minerals Engineering, 1, No.3, p.213-223, 1988

13. “Recent evaluation of Sart plaser gold deposit”, 113.AIME Annual Meeting, Los angeles, USA, Proceedings of the Conference, p.111-121, 1984

14. “Laboratory testing of Uludağ scheelite concentrate for the production of ammonium paratungstate”, International Conference on Recent Advances in Mineral science and Technology, Johannesburg, South Africa, Proceeding of the Conference, p.557-564, 1984

 

E.         OTHER ACTIVITIES

 

 

1975-1979 Head of Metallurgy Section, Mineral Research and Exploration Institute, Ankara, Turkey

1982-1990 Assistant Head of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, METU, Ankara, Turkey

1997-2000 Assistant Head of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, METU, Ankara, Turkey

1990          Visiting Professor, MINTEK, Hydrometallurgy Division, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

 

 

F.         LECTURES OFFERED

 

MetE 206 Materials Laboratory

MetE 208 Chemical Principles of Materials Production

MetE 417 Computer Applications in Metallurgy

MetE 418 Unit Operations and Pretreatment Processes

MetE 490 Graduation Project

 

G.        MEMBERSHIPS

 

1.

Turkish Chamber of Metallurgical Engineers

2.

National Geographic, USA

 

H.         SUPERVISED MSc and PhD THESIS

 

 

Ph.D. Thesis

1. The effect of hydrogenated tallow amine acetate on rutile and ilmenite surface, 2000

2. Floatability and adsorption characteristics of zircon with sodium oleate, 2000

3. Recovery of lead and cadmium from Çinkur waelz oxide by using chloridizing volatilisation method, 1996

4. Oxidative pressure leaching of Çayeli zinc sulphide concentrate, 1996

5. Separation of copper and cobalt from pyrite leach solution by solvent extraction, 1991

 

M.Sc. Thesis

1. Determination of reducibility and reduction-disintegration indices of steelmaking slag added iron ore sinter, 2002

2. Utilization of metal oxide-containing waste materials from iron-steel and zinc industries for sorption of H2S, 2002

3. Sulphuric acid leaching of Turkish chromite ore, 2000

4. Cobalt removal from zinc sulphate prior to zinc electrowinning by cementation, 2000

5. Recovery of copper and zinc from copper converter flue dust, 1999

6. Direct conversion of celestite to strontium carbonate in sodium carbonate, 1999

7. Manganese extraction from Denizli-Tavas ore, 1998

8. Germanium extraction from copper cake, 1997

9. Recovery of copper and cobalt from Ergani copper converter slags, 1993

10. Recovery of zinc and lead from electric arc furnace dust, 1993

11. Recovery of germanium and other metal values from the solution purification precipitates of Çinkur zinc plant, 1991

12. Recovery of germanium and other metals from the leach residues of Çinkur, 1991

13. Flotation concentration of Çayeli complex copper-zinc ore, 1988

14. Colemanite usage in sintermaking process, 1988

15. Recovery of nickel from lateritic Çaldağ deposit, 1985

16. Use of natural scheelite concentrate of Uludağ in the production of iron-tungsten alloys, 1983