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

Research Interests:

Pyrometallurgy

Physical Metallurgy and Corrosion

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

le Roux JTF, Pistorius PC: 2002. Thermal, Chemical and Structural changes during initial chlorination of titania slag. Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, 41 (3), pp 289-298.

Ras MH, Pistorius PC: 2002. Possible mechanisms for the improvement by vanadium of the pitting corrosion resistance of 18% chromium ferritic stainless steel. Corrosion Science, 44 (11), pp 2479-2490.

van Dyk K, Vegter NM, Pistorius PC: 2002. Kinetics of ilmenite dissolution in hydrochloric acid. Hydrometallurgy, (65), pp 31-36.

Pistorius PC: 2002. Reductant selection in ferro-alloys production: The case for the importance of dissolution in the metal. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 102 (1) / Jan, pp 33-36.

Grobler JD, Pistorius PC, Sandenbergh RF: 2002. The stability of ferroslicon dense medium suspensions. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 102 (2) / Mrt, pp 83-86.

Coetsee T, Pistorius PC, de Villiers EE: 2002. Rate-determining steps for reduction in magnetite-coal pellets. Minerals Engineering, (15), pp 919-929.

Pistorius PC: 2002. The relationship between FeO and Ti2O3 in ilmenite smelter slags. Scandinavian Journal of Metallurgy, (31), pp 120-125.

 

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