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Title: System and method for predicting the presence of rare earth elements

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Microbeam Technologies, Inc., Grand Forks, ND (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
2222209
Patent Number(s):
11733184
Application Number:
17/650,773
Assignee:
Microbeam Technologies, Inc. (Grand Forks, ND)
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0021837
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 02/11/2022
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Fuka, Matthew, Kolb, Eric, Benson, Alexander, and Benson, Steven. System and method for predicting the presence of rare earth elements. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Fuka, Matthew, Kolb, Eric, Benson, Alexander, & Benson, Steven. System and method for predicting the presence of rare earth elements. United States.
Fuka, Matthew, Kolb, Eric, Benson, Alexander, and Benson, Steven. Tue . "System and method for predicting the presence of rare earth elements". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2222209.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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year = {2023},
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Works referenced in this record:

Real time continuous elemental measurement of bulk material
patent, February 2006