The determination of rare earths in Canadian ores. Part I, Chemical isolation and gravimetric determination of total rare earths / D. Barkley, Extraction Metallurgy Division.: M34-20/125E-PDF

“A procedure is described for the chemical isolation and gravimetric determination of total rare earths, including yttrium, in Canadian ores and related products. The method involves a combination of two or more separation procedures, depending on the sample matrix. Precipitation processes are used to disengage the rare earths from macro amounts of interfering ions, while an 8-quinolinol solvent extraction procedure is instrumental in removing low-level impurities. The recovery and the purity of the rare earths are both very good, so that the method provides accurate values for the total rare-earth content. The average relative standard deviation for ores with an average content of 0.17 per cent is ± 1.9 per cent, and for chemical rare-earth concentrate products, with an average content of 39 per cent, the precision is ± 0.2 per cent. The high rejection of non-rare-earth elements also greatly simplifies the subsequent determination of individual rare earths by X-ray emission spectrometry. One sample in duplicate can be processed in about 3 days, while 6 samples can be analyzed within a 5-day period"--Summary, p. i.

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