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Method and apparatus usable for mining and mineral exploration

  • US 8,917,092 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2013
  • Issued: 12/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for mineral analysis, the method comprising:

  • transmitting radio-frequency (RF) pulses with a probe to excite Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR) and/or Local Field Magnetic Resonance (LFMR) signals from an amount of a first desired substance of a sample, the first desired substance having nuclei responsive to a Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR) and/or Local Field Magnetic Resonance (LFMR) field phenomenon;

    detecting the excited NQR and LFMR signals with a receiver unit;

    delivering the detected NQR and/or LFMR signals from the receiver unit to a processor; and

    using the processor to measure an intensity of the NQR and LFMR signals and to make a determination of a concentration of the desired first substance in the sample based on the measured intensity of the NQR and LFMR signals.

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