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.

Facilities

Mass Spectrometer System for the Catalysis Industry (HPR-20)

The HPR-20 gas analysis system is compact bench- top gas analysis system for monitoring gases and processes at pressure up to atmosphere. It features a fast response, heated quartz Inert Capillary (Q/C) inlet with by-pass pumping for continuous sampling of permanent gases and vapours over a pressure range 10 mbar to 2 bar absolute.

Pore Sizer 9320

The porsizer 9320 is a 30,000 psia (207MPa) mercury porosimeter covering the pore diameter range from approximately 360 to 0.006 µm. It measures the volume distribution of pores in materials by mercury intrusion or extrusion.

Rapid Analysis of Carbon & Sulphur CSA 302

The equipment measures C and S rapidly and reliably by employment of IR analyzer facilitates automatic analyses with electronic evaluation and rapid transmission of the measured data.

Pilot Scale Electric Arc Furnace

EAF is being used in reduction smelting processes for raw materials such as ilmenite ores and silica to produce different grads of TiO2 and commercial silicon metal.

Pilot Plant Scale Fluidized Bed Furnace

FBF is mainly used in chlorination processes using Cl₂ gas and HCl gas to produce chloro- compounds which can be converted to pure metals. For example, chlorination of commercial grades Si to produce choloro-silanes which can be reduced to high pure silicon metal.

Tamman Furnace (Lab Scale)

A laboratory Tamman furnace for electrical fusion of ores and minerals concentrates. It is mainly composed of a graphite crucible 20 cm length and 2.5 cm diameter.

Tamman Furnace (Pilot scale)

It is mainly composed of graphite crucible 57 cm length and 17 cm diameter. The crucible is heated inductively using three graphite heating elements separated by graphite pieces 1-3 mm in size.

Projects 

Staff

  Prof. S.Z. Eltawil

 Emeritus Professor

 Prof. A.A. Elgeassy

 Emeritus Professor

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  Prof. K. A. Elbarawy

  Emeritus Professor

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 Prof. I.M. Morsi

 Emeritus Professor

 Dr. K. S. Abdel Halim

 Ass. Professor

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 Dr. M. Bahgat

 Researcher

Recent Publications

•  Z.I.Zaki, M.M.Younis, M.B.Morsi, "Combustion Synthesis of TiC/Al2O3 Composite and its Oxidation Behaviour", COM 2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 25-30, 2007.
• K.S. Abdel Halim, M.H. Khedr, M.I. Nasr and A. El-Mansy: " Factors affecting catalytic oxidation of CO over nano-sized Fe2O3", Materials Research Bulltine, 42 (2007), 731-741
• M. Bahgat, K. S. Abdel Halim, M. I. Nasr and A. A. El-Geassy: "Reduction Behavior of W stite Doped with MgO", Steel Research Int., 78(2007), No.6, 443-450
• K.S. Abdel Halim: "Effective utilization of using natural gas injection in the production of pig iron" Materials Letters 2007, 61(2007), 3281-3286.
• K.S. Abdel Halim: "Isothermal reduction behavior of Fe2O3/MnO composite materials with solid carbon", Materials Science Eng. A, 452-453 (2007), 15-22.
• K.S. Abdel Halim, M.H. Khedr and A. H. Zaki : " Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Reduction of Cu0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 with Hydrogen at 400 – 600 oC for the production of Metallic Nanoparticles", Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 80 (2007) 346-352
• M. Bahgat, "Magnetite surface layer morphology during hematite reduction withCO-CO2 at 1073 k " Material Letters, 61 (2007) 339-342.
• M. Bahgat, M. Radwan and M. M. Hessien, "Reduction Behavior of Barium Hexaferrite into Metallic Iron Nanocrystallites" J. Magnetism and magnetic material, vol. 310, (2007) 107-115.
• M. Bahgat, K. S. Abdel Halim, M. I. Nasr and A. A. El-Geassy, “Morphological Changes Accompanying the Gaseous Reduction of Silica Doped W stite", Ironmaking & Steelmaking, vol. 34, No. 1 (2007).
• O.A. Fouad, F. I. Farghaly, M. Bahgat, "A Novel Approach for Synthesis of Nanocrystallite g-LiAlO2 from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries", J. analytical and applied pyrolysis, 78 (2007) 65-69.
• M. H. Khedr, M. Bahgat, M. I .Nasr and E. K. Sedeek "CO2 Decomposition over Freshly reduced nanocrystalline Fe2O3", J. Surface and Colloidal A, 302 (2007) 517–524.
• M. Bahgat, M. H. Khedr, M.I.Nasr and E.K. Sedik, "Effect of Firing Temperature and gas concentration during Reduction of Nanocrystallites Fe2O3", Metallurgical & Material transaction B, Vol. 38B, Feb., (2007) 5-11.
• M. Bahgat, M. H. Khedr, "Reduction Kinetics, Magnetic Behavior and Morphological Changes during Reduction of Magnetite Single Crystal "Material Science and Engineering B, 138 (2007) 251–258.
• M. Bahgat, F.E. Farghaly, S.M. Abdel Basir, O.A. Fouad, "Synthesis, characterization and magnetic properties of microcrystalline lithium cobalt ferrite from spent lithium-ion batteries", J. Material Processing Technology, 183 (2007) 117–121.
• M. H. Khedr and M. Bahgat, M. Radwan, "Effect of Cu+2 on the Magnetic Properties and reducibility of Fe2TiO5", J. material processing technology, 190 (2007) 153–159.
• M. Bahgat, M. Radwan and K. El-Barawy, " Reduction Re-calcination Behavior of Nanocrystalline Mn0.2Zn0.8Fe2O4" Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy, 116, No-3 (2007) 183-188.
• M. H. Khedr, M. Bahgat, M. I .Nasr and E. K. Sedeek " Effect of Additives on the Reduction Behavior and CO2 Catalytic Decomposition of Iron Oxide", Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, In press, (2007).
• M. Bahgat, M. H. Khedr, and H. S. Abdelmaksoud "The Reducibility and Magnetic Properties of Nanosized ZnO-substituted Fe2O3/TiO2 System", Materials Technology: Advanced Performance Materials, vol.22, No.4, (2007).
• M. Bahgat, M. H. Khedr, and H. S. Abdelmaksoud "Influence of Zn2+ or Cu2+ on Reduction and Recalcination Behavior of Fe2TiO5", JMST, 23, No.5, (2007).
• M. Bahgat* and Y.M.Z. Ahmed, "Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Metallic Iron from Secondary Iron Oxide Resources" Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 116, No. 4 (2007).
• M. Bahgat, M. H. Khedr and M. K. Shaaban, "Physicochemical Characterization of Nanosized V/Fe2O3 reaction product", Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy, vol. 116, No.4, (2007) 217-220.
• M.H. Khedr, M. Bahgat and W.M.A.El Rouby, “Synthesis, magnetic and photocatalytic activity of CuFe2O4/MgFe2O4 and MgFe2O4/CuFe2O4 core/shell nanoparticles”, Materials Technology, vol.22, No.4 (2007).
• M. Bahgat, M. H. Khedr and S. A. Abdel-Moaty, “Reduction kinetics, photocatalytic activity and magnetic properties of CoFe2O4 / BaFe12O19 core/shell nanoparticles”, Materials Technology, vol.22, No.3, (2007) 139-146.
• M. H. Khedr, M. Bahgat and W.M.A.El Rouby, “Reduction and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline MgFe2O4/CuFe2O4 core/shell particles in flowing hydrogen at 400–700oC”, Materials Technology, vol.22, No.3 (2007) 133-138.
• M. Bahgat, M. H. Khedr, M.I.Nasr and I. M. Sedik, “Isothermal gaseous reduction of nanocrystallites Fe2O3 at 450-600oC”, 3rd International Steel Conference on New Developments in Metallurgical Process Technologies, 11 -15 June, 2007, Dsseldorf, Germany, 1-7.
• M. Bahgat, M. H. Khedr and M. K. Shaaban “Reduction Behavior of FeVO4 for the Synthesis of Nanocrystallites Ferrovanadium Alloy”, Materials Technology, vol.22, No.4, (2007).
• M. Bahgat, C. H. Park, M. K.Paek and J. J. Pak, “Thermal Synthesis of Fe/MgO Nanocrystalline Composite and its Magnetic Characterization”, International Conference on Magnetic Materials (ICMM-2007), December 11 - 16, 2007, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, INDIA.
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “Reduction Kinetics and Mechanisms of NiFe2O4 with Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Fe-Ni Alloy”, Materials Transaction, vol. 48, No. 12 (2007) 3132-3139.
• M.H. Khedr, K.S. Abdel Halim and A. Zaki:" CO2 decomposition over freshly reduced nano-crystallite Cu0.5Zn 0.5Fe2O4 at 400–600 C" Journal of Aanalytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 81(2008) 272-277.
• O.A. Fouad, K.S. Abdel Halim and M.Rashad: "Structural properties affecting catalytic oxidation of CO over nanosized nickel ferrites synthesized from fly ash", J. of Topic Catalysis, Feb. 2008.
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “Thermal Synthesis of Nanocrystalline (CoxNi1-x)yFe1-y KOVAR Alloy Through Gaseous Reduction of Mixed Oxides”, Materials Transaction, vol. 49, No. 1 (2008) 208-214.
  
• Jong J. Pak, M. Bahgat and Min K. Paek, “Low Temperature Isothermal Reduction Kinetics of Fe2O3/NiO mixed oxides and Comparative Synthesis of Fe1-xNix Alloys” Materials Transaction, vol. 49, No. 2 (2008) 352-359.
  
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “The Effect of Temperature on Microstructure, magnetic properties and Reaction Kinetics of Ni0.5Co0.5Fe2O4 Reduction in Hydrogen Atmosphere”, Materials Transaction, vol. 49, No. 4 (2008) 860-868.
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “Comparative synthesize of nanocrystalline Fe-Ni and Fe-Ni-Co alloys during hydrogen reduction of NixCo1-xFe2O4”, J. Alloy and Compounds, vol. 466, Issues 1-2 (2008) 59-66.
  
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “Effect of ball milling time on microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe-W nanocrystalline composite synthesized by hydrogen reduction and sintering”  Materials Technology, vol. 23, No. 4 (2008).
  
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “Hydrogen Reduction of Fe2O3/WO3 Mixture with Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Fe/W Composite”, Materials Transaction, vol. 49, No. 6 (2008) 1480-1485.
  
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “Reduction investigation of WO3/NiO/Fe2O3 and synthesis of nanocrystalline ternary W–Ni–Fe alloy”, J. Alloy and Compounds, 472 (2009) 314–318.
  
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “Mill Scale for Synthesis of Fe-Ni and Fe-Ni-Co Alloys Through Gaseous Reduction: Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism”, ISIJ International, Vol. 48, No. 11, (2008) 1493-1499. 
  
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Fe-W Composite Through Hydrogen Reduction of Thermally Synthesized Iron Tungstate, Fe2WO6”, J. Alloy and Compounds, 477 (2009) 357-363.
  
• M. Bahgat, Min K. Paek and Jong J. Pak, “Utilization of Mill Scale  and Recycled MoO3 from Spent Acid for Economic Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Inter-metallic Fe-Mo Alloys”, J. Alloy and Compounds, 477 (2009) 445-4