FAILURE ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH WEAR RESISTANT LOCALLY- MANUFACTURED GOLD - MILL GRINDING PLATES.

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dc.contributor.authorEMMANUEL, Oji Ochea
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-27T10:21:14Z
dc.date.available2015-10-27T10:21:14Z
dc.date.issued2015-03
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF A MASTERS DEGREE IN METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING. DEPARTMENT OF METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING. AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. NIGERIA.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe research work is centered on the failure analysis of the as-received locally produced grinding plates, development of high wear resistant grinding plates capable of grinding gold-bearing mineral deposit in Bagega village of Zamfara State. The work was carried out by evaluating the chemical compositions of the as-received grinding plate samples, the compositions of the gold-bearing mineral samples, the microstructures of the as- received and developed grinding plate samples, mechanical properties (impact strength, hardness values) and wear rate of the as-received and developed grinding plates using Optical Emission spectroscopy (OES), Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluoresce (ED-XRF), Metallurgical microscope, impact and hardness testing machine, and the grinding machine. The analysis showed that the as-received locally produced grinding plate samples were grey cast iron with pearlite structure as the major matrix together with few cementite structures, generally characterized by poor mechanical properties. This explained the wear resistance of the samples in supporting grinding of the charged mineral for a longer period thereby prompting the samples to wear and fracture quickly in service. The two locally developed white iron base grinding plate samples showed a remarkable improvement in mechanical properties and wear resistant ability with increase in grinding duration from thirty two to seventy five minutes due to the presence of alloying elements that are capable of promoting abrasive wear resistant in comparism with the as-received failed grinding plates.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7068
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectFAILUREen_US
dc.subjectANALYSISen_US
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.subjectHIGH WEARen_US
dc.subjectRESISTANTen_US
dc.subjectLOCALLY-en_US
dc.subjectMANUFACTUREDen_US
dc.subjectGOLD - MILLen_US
dc.subjectGRINDINGen_US
dc.subjectPLATESen_US
dc.titleFAILURE ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH WEAR RESISTANT LOCALLY- MANUFACTURED GOLD - MILL GRINDING PLATES.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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