In this laboratory, undergraduate students of mining exploration at the optical mineralogy and mineralography courses learn how to work with a microscope, carry out optical mineralogy studies and identify minerals under a microscope, and study the mineralography of polished sections in the laboratory.
The electron microscope in this laboratory is the XL30 model, made by the Philips Company. Currently, the major applications of the microscope are imaging the microstructures, determining the growth direction of crystalline materials and plates, determining the crystal defects and grain’s boundary, and identifying residual stress areas.
Supervisor: Deputy for Research Email: mraslaniaut.ac.ir Contact Number: +982164542966
Tunnel excavation, road construction, open pit, and underground mines are associated with rock volumes. Determining the effective parameters of rock mechanics in these projects will play a key role in their proper design.
With the expansion of industrial activity, especially in the mining fields and the effects of mining, processing, and extraction on the environment, as well as the large volume of waste materials and pollutions resulting from these industries, the Environmental and Recycling Laboratory has been established.
Supervisor: Mohammad Mehdi Salari Rad Email: salariaut.ac.ir Contact Number: +982164542974
All laboratory macroscopic procedures are device-free and at the loop and microscope level. The lithology laboratory based on the syllabus is a purely educational lab and its services are for undergraduate students of mining exploration and mining exploitation.
Technical and economic investigations in exploratory studies (to evaluate the potential of the deposit for exploiting and turning into a mine) are identified after systematic processing studies.
This laboratory is equipped with mirror stereoscope and geological, topography and isometric maps. Different tasks including interpretation and processing stereo data, remote sensing and cartography are carried out in this laboratory.
Flotation, leaching and hydrometallurgical tests are performed in this laboratory. Flotation by foam or bubble (foam flotation) is a kind of process of breakdown and separation of fine-grained solids based on the surface chemistry science and the physicochemical properties of the surfaces of the solids and is carried out based on the differences in the wettability of the particle surfaces.
All laboratory macroscopic procedures are device-free and at the loop and microscope level. The lithology laboratory based on the syllabus is a purely educational lab and its services are for undergraduate students of mining exploration and mining exploitation.
The exploration geophysics laboratory is one of the most fundamental laboratories in any mining department. This laboratory is related to the fields of applied geophysics and well logging and can have a broad and applied research range.
This laboratory is used to determine the three main thermodynamic parameters of ore systems, including temperature, pressure, and the composition of mineralization-bearing fluids.
The Geotechnical Laboratory is established in an area of about 50 square meters in the department and various activities are carried out in the laboratory.
Numerical modeling laboratory and computational Centre of the Department of Mining was established in 2010. The main goals are to carry out research projects and graduate studies of the department. This laboratory is equipped with four fast and powerful computers and also is equipped with many engineering software.
Supervisor: Deputy for Research Laboratory Expert: Mohammad Ebadi Rajoli Email: ebadi_mohamadaut.ac.ir Contact Number: +982164542964
In this laboratory thin (nonmetallic) and polished (metal) sections are prepared and then studied in the microscopic laboratory. In the microscopic laboratory, the transmission light method is used for thin sections.
Supervisor: Deputy for Research Laboratory Expert: Mahnaz Mahbobi Email: aut.ac.ir Contact Number: +982164542916
In this laboratory, X-ray beams are used to determine the crystalline phases and structures of elements. X-ray fluorescence is also used for determining the composition of mineral samples, solid chemical substances, and mineral values. Different elements in rocks and different metal alloys can be measured with high accuracy.
Supervisor: Deputy for Research Laboratory Expert: MohammadReza Aslani Email: mraslaniaut.ac.ir - mr.aslaniyahoo.com Contact Number: +982164542966