Increasing Resource Efficiency of Bauxites Using LIBS

The EU aluminium production from, e.g., bauxite is one of the backbones to support Europe’s green and digital transition. In support of sustainable bauxite exploration and mining, Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) was used on the major facies of the karst bauxite deposits of SODICAPEI (Sou...

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Published inMaterials Proceedings Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 81
Main Authors Jeannet A. Meima, Beate Orberger, Carlos García Piña, Antoine Prudhomme, Carsten Dittrich
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published MDPI AG 01.12.2021
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aluminium
bauxite
exploration
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
scandium
titanium
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Summary:The EU aluminium production from, e.g., bauxite is one of the backbones to support Europe’s green and digital transition. In support of sustainable bauxite exploration and mining, Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) was used on the major facies of the karst bauxite deposits of SODICAPEI (Southern France). Our results showed that LIBS is a very promising technology to define the bottom and top layer of bauxite ores and to access critical parameters crucial for bauxite mining and processing. First LIBS tests were made on scandium standards to find appropriate Sc emission lines for future applications.
ISSN:2673-4605
DOI:10.3390/materproc2021005081