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System and method for predicting the presence of rare earth elements

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OSTI ID:2222209
A system for predicting rare earth elements (REEs) in a feedstock sample includes a measurement instrument that records a measurement for a sample, a processor communicatively coupled to the measuring instrument, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and containing machine readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to correlate the measurement series using a model; and predict a presence of one or more rare earth element based at least in part on the correlation. A method for predicting rare earth elements includes measuring feedstock samples via XRF or PGNAA, to generate a measurements of elements of interest with a lower atomic weight than REEs; correlating the measurements with a model; and predicting a presence of one or more rare earth elements based at least in part on the correlation.
Research Organization:
Microbeam Technologies, Inc., Grand Forks, ND (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0021837
Assignee:
Microbeam Technologies, Inc. (Grand Forks, ND)
Patent Number(s):
11,733,184
Application Number:
17/650,773
OSTI ID:
2222209
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English