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Record 1 2011-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Economic Geology
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

The act of determining the amount of a valuable metal contained in an ore sample.

CONT

The concentration of a metal in an orebody is called its grade ... The process of determining these concentrations is called assaying.

CONT

Assays of sulphide mineralization from this horizon indicate average grades of 5.3% Ni, 0,73% Zn, and 776 ppb PGEs+Au based on 9 samples ...

CONT

Assaying of ore.

OBS

[An assay differs] from a complete analysis in that it determines only certain ingredients in the substance examined, whereas an analysis determines everything it contains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Géologie économique
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

Détermination de la concentration d'un métal dans un minerai.

CONT

Les dosages de Pb et Zn ont été effectués sur place, suivant la méthode colorimétrique à la dithizone, après une attaque à l'eau régale. La teneur fondamentale régionale en plomb étant située entre 25 et 50 p.p.m., on a déterminé le seuil d'anomalie à 75 p.p.m.

CONT

Titrage d'un minerai.

OBS

Contrairement à l'analyse, qui dresse le bilan complet des ingrédients renfermés dans une substance, le dosage d'un minerai suppose la détermination uniquement des métaux d'intérêt commercial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
  • Geología económica
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
DEF

Análisis rápido a que se somete un mineral para averiguar la índole del metal que contiene.

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