Prof. Mohamed Bekhet Morsi

 Head of Pyrometallurgy Division

Activities:

• Application of pyrometallurgical processes to produce value added products.
• Extraction of ferrous and nonferrous metals from ores, primary & secondary resources.
• Preliminary treatment of ores and secondary resources (dehydration, calcinations, and roasting).
• Sulphation process using different sulphatizing agents.
• Gaseous and solid states reduction processes
• Production technology of pig iron and DRI from local iron ores.
• Development and transfer of blast furnace technologies.
• Smelting process using electric furnaces (electric arc, Tamman & Plasma, .. etc. )
• Chlorination techniques using different chlorinating agents.
• Thermite process, combustion synthesis and mechanical alloying techniques.
• Purification and refining of crude products.
• Transfer and adaptation of Pyrometallurgical technology.