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Some Instrumental Considerations in the Automatic On-Stream Analysis of Pulps for Elemental Content

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Walter G. Moffat
Affiliation:
Rhokana Corporation Limited Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia
Robert Carson
Affiliation:
Rhokana Corporation Limited Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia
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Abstract

This paper describes the detailed assembly of an X-ray automatic analyzer for the continuous estimation of elemental contents in flowing pulp streams as applied in a concentrator of the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt. Arguments are given for the selection of electronic components, the programming of operations, mechanical movements, and other aspects concerned with the consecutive analysis of a number of pulp streams of widely different composition and elemental concentration. Details are given of a method of automatic compensation for pulp density and matrix variations using X-ray absorption.

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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1964

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