Chromite ore XRF is the most recognized form of analysis for chromite ores in a high dilution borate fusion set up and is used throughout the mining lifecycle.
The oxidizing borate fusion method (XRF76) is suitable for mineralized samples with sulphides, metal concentrates, metallurgical samples as well as ferro alloys, with the exception of FeSi. The default oxidizer is NaNO3, some sites offer LiNO3 to enable Na2O reporting. Please contact your SGS customer service agent.
GO_XRF72CR ANALYTE
GO_XRF76 ANALYTE
REPORTED AS
RANGE
REPORTED AS
STANDARD
EXTENSION
EXTENSION WITH REE RANGE
Al 2 O 3
0.02 - 100% 0.02 - 1% 0.02 - 20% 0.02 - 40% 0.02 - 5% 0.02 - 60% 0.02 - 5% 0.02 - 100% 0.02 - 10% 0.02 - 50% 0.02 - 50% 0.05 - 10% 0.02 - 10% 0.02 - 10% 0.02 - 5% 0.05 - 100% 0.02 - 1% 0.02 - 50% 0.02 - 1.8% 0.02 - 5% -10 - 100%
Al
Al 2 O 3 As 2 O 3
X
X
X
0.01 - 100% 0.01 - 10% 0.01 - 40% 0.01 - 20% 0.01 - 80% 0.02 - 50% 0.01 - 100% 0.01 - 75% 0.01 - 75% 0.01 - 25% 0.02 - 10% 0.02 - 10% 0.5 - 50% 0.01 - 100% 0.02 - 10% 0.01 - 10% 0.01 - 40% 0.02 - 50% 0.1 - 80% 0.01 - 100% 0.01 - 50% 0.1 - 58% 0.01 - 50% 0.02 - 50% 0.01 - 100% 0.01 - 40% 0.01 - 100% 0.02 - 50% 0.02 - 35% 0.01 - 25% 0.1 - 100% 0.02 - 10% 0.01 - 100% 0.2 - 90% 0.01 - 20% 0.01 - 50% 0.01 - 3% 0.01 - 80% 0.01 - 1% 0.01 - 10% 0.01 - 70% 0.02 - 10% 0.01 - 70% 0.02 - 40% - 10 - 100%
Al
As Ba Ca Co
As 2 O 3 optional
As
Optional
Optional
Optional
BaO CaO
Ba
BaO
X
X X X X X X
X
Bi
Bi 2 O 3 CaO Ce 2 O Co 3 O 4 Cr 2 O 3 CuO Cs 2 O Dy 2 O 3 Eu 2 O 3
Co 3 O 4 optional
Ca Ce Co
X
X X X X X
Cr
Cr 2 O 3
Cu Fe
CuO optional
Optional
Fe 2 O 3
Cr
X X
K
K 2 O
Cu Cs Dy Eu
Mg Mn
MgO MnO Na 2 O
Optional
Optional
X X
Na
Ni
NiO optional
F
F
Optional
Optional
Optional
P
P 2 O 5
Fe Gd
Fe 2 O 3 Gd 2 O 3
X
X
X X
Pb
PbO optional
Si
SiO 2 SO 3 TiO 2 V 2 O 5
Hf
Optional
Optional
Optional
HfO 2
S
K
X
X
X X X X
K 2 O
Ti
La
La 2 O 3 MgO Mn 3 O 4 MoO 3 Na 2 O Nb 2 O 3
V
Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd
X X
X X X
Zn
ZnO optional
LOI (1000 0 C)*
LOI
Per Oxidizer
Per Oxidizer
Per Oxidizer
Dried only *G_PHY01V or G_PHY02V Additional grinding might be needed. Fluorspar
X X
NiO
X
X X X X X X
Ni
Nd 2 O 3
P
P 2 O 5 PbO
X X
X X
SGS has the methodology to support testing of fluorspar material. Due to the nature of the test this scheme is only applicable to acid grade or other soluble fluorspar products.
Pb
Pr
Pr 6 O 11
Rb Sb
RbO
X X X X X X X X X X X X
Sb 2 O 3
SOLUBLE FLUORSPAR PACKAGE CODE
Si
SiO 2
X
X X
ELEMENT
LIMIT(S)
DESCRIPTION
Sm
Sm 2 O 3
≥ 0.1% ≥ 10%
EDTA Titration
GC_CLA27V
CaCO 3
Sn
SnO 2
CaF 2
Calculation
S
SO 3 SrO
X
X X
Sr Ta Th
Optional
Generic / multi-element ores Generic ore, concentrate and metallurgical materials compatible analytical methods with a wide dynamic range using XRF.
Ta 2 O 5 ThO 2 TiO 2 U 3 O 8 V 2 O 5 WO 3 Y 2 O 3 ZnO ZrO 2
Ti U
X
X
V
X
X
GO_XRF70V PYROSULPHATE FUSION / XRF BASE METAL PACKAGE (10 ELEMENTS) Co 0.01 - 100% Mn 0.01 - 100%
W
W
0.02 - 100%
Y
X X
Cr 0.01 - 100% Cu 0.01 - 100% Fe 0.02 - 100%
Mo 0.005 - 100%
Zn 0.01 - 100%
Zn
X
X X
0. 01 - 100%
Ni
Zr
Optional Optional
Pb 0.01 - 100%
LOI (1000 0 C)*
Optional
Optional
*G_PHY01V or G_PHY02V
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