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The Fast Analysis of Uranium Ore by EDXRF

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Ronald A. Vane ,
William D. Stewart  and
Mike Barker
Ronald A. Vane
Affiliation:
United Scientific Corporation, Mountain View, CA
William D. Stewart
Affiliation:
United Scientific Corporation, Mountain View, CA
Mike Barker
Affiliation:
United Scientific Corporation, Mountain View, CA
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Abstract

Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry has been applied to the high speed analysis of uranium ore for the purpose of grading and sorting truckloads of ore at the mine. The system is able to analyze uranium ore in less than 60 seconds with uranium levels ranging from < 0.005% to > 5% U3O8. Precision at the 2σ level for 200 ppm ore is better than 10% relative. Good agreement is obtained with wet chemical results in a large variety of rock matrices.

Type
XRF Applications in the Minerals Industry
Information
Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 23: Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, July 30 - August 3, 1979 , 1979 , pp. 81 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1979

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