21-Mat-A3 Structure and Characterization of Materials
Worked solutions to 8 past sittings (2013–2019), 57 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.
- December 2019
- Dec-10-Met-A3 2018
- Dec-12-Mtl-A3 2018
- May 2018
- December 2016
- May 2015
- December 2014
- December 2013
Topics across the sittings
Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.
- Heat Balance (7 sittings): December 2019 Q6 · Dec-10-Met-A3 2018 Q6 · May 2018 Q6 · December 2016 Q6 · May 2015 Q7 · December 2014 Q7 · December 2013 Q2
- Mass Balance (7 sittings): December 2019 Q2 · Dec-10-Met-A3 2018 Q2 · May 2018 Q2 · December 2016 Q2 · May 2015 Q2 · December 2014 Q2 · December 2013 Q1
- Mineral Processing (6 sittings): December 2019 Q1 · Dec-10-Met-A3 2018 Q1 · May 2018 Q1 · December 2016 Q1 · May 2015 Q1 · December 2014 Q1
- Pyrometallurgical Processes (6 sittings): December 2019 Q3 · Dec-10-Met-A3 2018 Q3 · May 2018 Q3 · May 2015 Q3 · December 2014 Q3 · December 2013 Q4
- Electrometallurgy (4 sittings): December 2019 Q7 · Dec-10-Met-A3 2018 Q7 · May 2018 Q7 · December 2016 Q7
- Iron (4 sittings): May 2018 Q5 · December 2016 Q3 · May 2015 Q4 · December 2013 Q5
- Steelmaking (4 sittings): May 2018 Q5 · December 2016 Q3 · May 2015 Q4 · December 2013 Q5
- Aluminum Production (3 sittings): Dec-10-Met-A3 2018 Q5 · December 2014 Q6 · December 2013 Q7
- Magnesium Production (3 sittings): December 2019 Q5 · May 2015 Q5 · December 2013 Q6
- Zinc Production (2 sittings): May 2018 Q4 · May 2015 Q6
Questions by sitting
December 2019
- Question 1: Mineral Processing
- Question 2: Mass Balance
- Question 3: Pyrometallurgical Processes
- Question 4: Refining
- Question 5: Magnesium Production
- Question 6: Heat Balance
- Question 7: Electrometallurgy
Dec-10-Met-A3 2018
- Question 1: Mineral Processing
- Question 2: Mass Balance
- Question 3: Pyrometallurgical Processes
- Question 4: Copper Production
- Question 5: Aluminum Production
- Question 6: Heat Balance
- Question 7: Electrometallurgy
Dec-12-Mtl-A3 2018
May 2018
- Question 1: Mineral Processing
- Question 2: Mass Balance
- Question 3: Pyrometallurgical Processes
- Question 4: Zinc Production
- Question 5: Iron and Steelmaking
- Question 6: Heat Balance
- Question 7: Electrometallurgy
December 2016
- Question 1: Mineral Processing
- Question 2: Mass Balance
- Question 3: Iron and Steelmaking
- Question 4: Light Metals Production
- Question 5: Hydrometallurgy
- Question 6: Heat Balance
- Question 7: Electrometallurgy
May 2015
- Question 1: Mineral Processing
- Question 2: Mass Balance
- Question 3: Pyrometallurgical Processes
- Question 4: Iron and Steelmaking
- Question 5: Magnesium Production
- Question 6: Zinc Production
- Question 7: Heat Balance
December 2014
- Question 1: Mineral Processing
- Question 2: Mass Balance
- Question 3: Pyrometallurgical Processes
- Question 4: Pyrometallurgical Processes / Refining
- Question 5: Hydrometallurgy / Solvent Extraction
- Question 6: Aluminum Production
- Question 7: Heat Balance
December 2013
- Question 1: Mass Balance
- Question 2: Heat Balance
- Question 3: Flotation
- Question 4: Pyrometallurgical Processes
- Question 5: Iron and Steelmaking
- Question 6: Magnesium Production
- Question 7: Aluminum Production