外文翻译--钛矿物加工磁化率测量.docVIP

外文原文 Measurement of magnetic susceptibility in titanium minerals processing Institution The University of Queensland Publication date 2004 Supervisor(s) Dr. Peter HolthamDr Toni Kojovic Magnetic separation is routinely used in the processing of titanium minerals, and the efficiency of these operations can be determined by measuring the magnetic properties of the process streams. The valuable components in the feed to a titanium minerals plant have specific magnetic susceptibilities ranging from -10-9 m3kg-1(zircon) to 10-6 m3kg-1 (ilmenite). However, in an industrial environment, in which the mineral temperature may range from 20 to 120°C, it is difficult to measure susceptibilities lower than about 10-7 m3kg-1. Hence laboratory testing of spot samples from magnetic separators is currently required to obtain accurate performance data. This is an inherently slow process and where feed grades are variable, optimum performance of separators is generally not achieved. This thesis describes the development of an inductance-based instrument for measuring down to low levels of magnetic susceptibility online in harsh plant environments. The major difficulties in developing this device were temperature induced changes in the resistance/ capacitance of the inductance coil and phase stability of the inductance coil excitation current. Coil temperature problems were solved by using a physical small coil in batch operation. Phase stability was overcome by designing a phase extraction system that used the coil excitation phase information as part of the phase extraction algorithm. Investigations were made into calibration and measurement error of the instrument. Calibration at low levels of magnetic susceptibility was performed using a range of chemical salts. For higher susceptibilities no well defined calibration standards were found and a method to measure high levels of susceptibility was formulated. The method relies on diluting the highly magnetic material wit