AS 4392.

2—1997

Australian Standard
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Heavy mineral sands—Analysis

by wavelength dispersive X-ray
fluorescence spectrometry

Part 2: Zircon materials

 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee MN/4, Heavy Mineral Sands.
It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 14 March 1997
and published on 5 June 1997.

The following interests are represented on Committee MN/4:

Chamber of Mines of W.A.
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CSIRO, Division of Minerals

University of Queensland

Additional interests participating in preparation of Standard:

CSIRO, Division of Mathematics and Statistics
CSIRO, Division of Soils
Mineral sands producer companies
Superintending companies

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 AS 4392.2—1997

Australian Standard
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Heavy mineral sands—Analysis

by wavelength dispersive X-ray
fluorescence spectrometry

Part 2: Zircon materials

First published as AS 4392.2— 1997.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7337 1162 6
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Heavy Mineral
Sands.
A separate Standard covers the analysis of titaniferous materials.
The objective of this Standard is to provide an absolute method for the analysis of
zircon-type mineral sands by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the
application of the appendices to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral
part of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and
guidance.
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CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 PRINCIPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5 REAGENTS AND MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 APPARATUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 SAMPLES AND SAMPLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8 PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 CALCULATION OF RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
10 GENERAL TREATMENT OF RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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11 TEST REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

APPENDICES
A PREPARATION OF FLUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. 25
B PREPARATION OF THE CALIBRATION STANDARD . . . . . . . . . .. ... . 27
C STANDARD DEVIATION OF SPECIMEN PREPARATION . . . . . . . .. .. . 29
D AIR COOLING BLOCK FOR FUSED DISCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... 34
E COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CALCULATION OF RESULTS . . . . . .. .. . 35
F SAMPLE SET OF DATA FOR USE WITH COMPUTER PROGRAM ... .. 41
G MATRIX COEFFICIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 45
H FLOWCHART FOR ACCEPTANCE OF RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 50
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Heavy mineral sands—Analysis by wavelength dispersive X-ray
fluorescence spectrometry

Part 2: Zircon materials

1 SCOPE This Standard sets out a wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence procedure
for the determination of zirconium, hafnium, silicon, aluminium, titanium, iron,
phosphorus, calcium, lanthanum, cerium, thorium, uranium, arsenic and lead in zircons.
Sulfur is included in the analytical program for information only; sulfur is not reported.
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The method is applicable to all zircons having components with the concentration ranges
specified in Table 1.
TABLE 1
RANGE OF APPLICATION OF THE METHOD

Oxide Concentration range, %

ZrO 2 59 to 66
HfO2 1 to 2
SiO 2 30 to 33

Al 2O3 0.05 to 4
TiO 2 0.05 to 1
Fe 2O3 0.03 to 0.5

P 2O5 0.05 to 0.3

CaO 0.003 to 0.2
La 2O3 0.005 to 0.2

CeO2 0.005 to 0.2

ThO 2 0.005 to 0.2
U3O8 0.005 to 0.2

As 2O5 0.005 to 0.1

PbO 0.005 to 0.1

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
2243 Safety in laboratories
2508 Safe storage and handling information cards for hazardous materials
2563 Wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometers —Determination of
precision
2884 Heavy mineral sand concentrates — Sampling
2884.1 Part 1: Sampling from moving streams
2884.2 Part 2: Sampling from stationary situations
2884.3 Part 3: Preparation of samples
3870 Certified reference materials —General guide to material selection, preparation,
testing and certification

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