Reflectance Spectroscopy in the Analysis of Mineral Flotation Slurries

Effective monitoring and control of a mineral flotation process necessitates accurate and rapid on-line analysis of the slurry flows. Recent development of lightweight and low-cost visible and near-infrared (VNIR) imaging spectrographs has provided new interesting possibilities also in mineral froth...

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Published inIFAC Proceedings Volumes Vol. 42; no. 23; pp. 140 - 145
Main Authors Haavisto, Olli, Hyötyniemi, Heikki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2009
Subjects
elemental assaying
mineral flotation
partial least squares
reflectance spectroscopy
X-ray fluorescence
X-ray fluorescence
elemental assaying
mineral flotation
partial least squares
reflectance spectroscopy
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Summary:Effective monitoring and control of a mineral flotation process necessitates accurate and rapid on-line analysis of the slurry flows. Recent development of lightweight and low-cost visible and near-infrared (VNIR) imaging spectrographs has provided new interesting possibilities also in mineral froth and slurry analysis. The intelligent combination of VNIR reflectance spectroscopy with the traditional X-ray fluorescence analysis for improved measurement of the mineral slurry contents is discussed in this article. The main improvement is the radically reduced sampling interval of the analysis.
ISSN:1474-6670
DOI:10.3182/20091014-3-CL-4011.00026