A simple gibbsite analyzer for rapid field determination of the available alumina content in bauxites
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A portable gibbsite analyzer suited for field operation and intended for rapid determination of available alumina is described. The available alumina content is calculated from the relative weight loss caused by the dehydration of gibbsite. More than 100 samples of gibbsite-containing bauxites of different origin, were analyzed with this apparatus. The results always appeared to be correct within 10% of the actual content. In the laboratory, an accuracy of ±2.60% gibbsite, and a reproducibility of ±1.87% gibbsite, both at the 95% confidence interval, could be achieved. The apparatus can be used under tropical conditions. Its weight is 13 kg. It can be fed from a motor-driven generator weighing 18 kg. The duration of a single analysis in the field is 30-40 minutes. In the laboratory about 25 analyses can be performed within 8 hours. The apparatus can be handled by an untrained operator. One operator can run at least two analyzers at a time. The complete set-up, including the generator, costs less than US $ 1500. © 1971 Springer-Verlag.
TNO Identifier
227236
ISSN
00264598
Source
Mineralium Deposita, 6(1), pp. 41-48.
Pages
41-48
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