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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering

Pistorius, PC

MIng(Pret) PhD(Cantab) - Head of Department

NRF Rating: B3

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2187
Fax number: 012 362 5304
E-mail address: chris.pistorius@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Pyrometallurgy

Physical Metallurgy and Corrosion

The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR)

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Pistorius PC, Fray DJ: 2006. Formation of silicon by electro-deoxidation, and implications for titanium metal production. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 106 (1) / Jan, pp 31-41.

Pistorius PC, Motlhamme T: 2006. Oxidation of high-titanium slags in the presence of water vapour. Minerals Engineering, 19 (3), pp 232-236.

Zietsman JH, Pistorius PC: 2006. Modelling of an ilmenite-smelting DC arc furnace process. Minerals Engineering, 19 (3), pp 262-279.

Seke MD, Pistorius PC: 2006. Effect of cuprous cyanide, dry and wet milling on the selective flotation of galena and sphalerite. Minerals Engineering, 19 (1), pp 1-11.

Matjie RH, Van Alphen C, Pistorius PC: 2006. Mineralogical characterisation of Secunda gasifier feedstock and coarse ash. Minerals Engineering, 19, pp 256-261.

Garbers-Craig AM, Pistorius PC: 2006. Slag-refractory interactions during the smelting of ilmenite. South African Journal of Science, 102 (11/12).

 

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