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Model of process of microwave action on refractory gold concentrate

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1. A number of different methods have been used to study the material composition and particle size distribution of a gravity concentrate.

2. Several different processing regimes have been tested in the treatment of the gravity concentrate in a microwave field. It has been established that a processing scheme consisting of calcination followed by cyaniding gives a 94.8% recovery of gold from the concentrate, which is 8.3% higher than obtained in the control test.

3. A model has been developed for the process of heating a gold-containing gravity concentrate in a microwave radiation field.

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  1. V. D. Lunin
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  2. A. V. Narseev
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  3. N. I. Barashnev
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Institute of Geosphere Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Institute of Integrated Management of Underground Natural Resources, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 4, pp. 89–94, July–August, 1997.

This work was performed with financial support from the Russian Fund of Fundamental Research (Project 96-05-65879).

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Lunin, V.D., Narseev, A.V., Barashnev, N.I. et al. Model of process of microwave action on refractory gold concentrate. J Min Sci 33, 373–377 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02765858

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