International Tables for Crystallography (2019). Vol. H. ch. 7.7, pp. 793-803
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060000981

Chapter 7.7. Mining and mineral processing

Contents

  • 7.7. Mining and mineral processing  (pp. 793-803) | html | pdf | chapter contents |
    • 7.7.1. Introduction  (p. 793) | html | pdf |
    • 7.7.2. Use of powder diffraction in mining and mineral processing  (pp. 793-794) | html | pdf |
      • 7.7.2.1. Areas of applicability  (p. 794) | html | pdf |
    • 7.7.3. Powder-diffraction methodology  (pp. 794-798) | html | pdf |
      • 7.7.3.1. Equipment and data collection  (pp. 794-796) | html | pdf |
        • 7.7.3.1.1. In-field diffraction  (pp. 795-796) | html | pdf |
      • 7.7.3.2. Qualitative analysis  (pp. 796-797) | html | pdf |
      • 7.7.3.3. Quantitative analysis  (p. 797) | html | pdf |
      • 7.7.3.4. Crystal structural analysis  (p. 797) | html | pdf |
      • 7.7.3.5. High-throughput and batch processing  (pp. 797-798) | html | pdf |
        • 7.7.3.5.1. Cluster analysis  (pp. 797-798) | html | pdf |
        • 7.7.3.5.2. Batch processing  (p. 798) | html | pdf |
    • 7.7.4. Examples  (pp. 798-801) | html | pdf |
      • 7.7.4.1. Exploration  (p. 799) | html | pdf |
      • 7.7.4.2. Process control  (pp. 799-800) | html | pdf |
        • 7.7.4.2.1. Phosphate mineralogy  (p. 799) | html | pdf |
        • 7.7.4.2.2. Cement  (p. 799) | html | pdf |
        • 7.7.4.2.3. Energy-dispersive diffraction (EDD)  (pp. 799-800) | html | pdf |
        • 7.7.4.2.4. Freeport–McMoRan automated PXRD–NIR mineralogy laboratory  (p. 800) | html | pdf |
      • 7.7.4.3. Research  (pp. 800-801) | html | pdf |
        • 7.7.4.3.1. Structure solution  (p. 800) | html | pdf |
        • 7.7.4.3.2. Environment  (pp. 800-801) | html | pdf |
    • 7.7.5. Conclusions  (p. 801) | html | pdf |
    • References | html | pdf |
    • Figures
      • Fig. 7.7.1. Overall geometry of CheMin (reproduced from Sarrazin, Blake et al  (p. 795) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 7.7.2. Two-dimensional X-ray diffraction pattern (Co Kα) of soil from the Rocknest aeolian bedform  (p. 795) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 7.7.3. Conventional one-dimensional X-ray diffraction pattern derived from the data in Fig  (p. 795) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 7.7.4. Diffraction pattern (Co Kα radiation) of nickel concentrate (blue) with calculated profile from a Rietveld refinement model (red) incorporating the following phases: pyrite, 17%; pentlandite, 51%; magnetite, 12%; magnesite, 5%; violarite, 3%; pyrrhotite, 3%; talc, 4%; hydrotalcite, 0.4%; lizardite, 4%; honessite, 1%  (p. 796) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 7.7.5. Dendrogram output from cluster analysis of the data suite collected during the decomposition of plumbojarosite  (p. 797) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 7.7.6. PCA output from cluster analysis of the data suite collected during the decomposition of plumbojarosite  (p. 798) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 7.7.7. Accumulated laboratory PXRD patterns from the thermal decomposition of plumbojarosite  (p. 798) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 7.7.8. Automated PXRD–NIR installation at Freeport–McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc  (p. 800) | html | pdf |