B - Operations – Transporting – 07 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
07
C
B07C 5/344 (2006.01) G01N 22/00 (2006.01) G01N 24/10 (2006.01) G01R 33/60 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2268580
The invention concerns a method of sorting particulate, diamondiferous material into a fraction rich in diamonds and a fraction rich in non-diamond particles according to ESR (electron spin resonance) response. In the method, the particles (12, 14) are located in a microwave cavity (20) and are subjected in the microwave cavity to a magnetic field. Microwave radiation is applied to the particles in the cavity in the presence of the magnetic field. The microwave spectrum transmitted by the cavity for each particle is detected and analysed. The particles are then sorted into fractions according to whether or not the detected microwave spectra are indicative of ESR absorption by diamond.
High Grant Lysle
Hofer Peter
Over George William
Tapper Ulf Anders Staffan
Van Wyk Jan Abraham
de Beers Consolidated Mines Limited
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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