Microwave treatment of minerals
AssigneeTechnological Resources Pty. Limited
InventorRaymond Walter Shaw
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Abstract
A method and an assembly for treating minerals using microwave energy are disclosed. The method includes exposing a moving bed, preferably a mixed moving bed, of mineral particles to pulsed high energy microwave energy so that at least substantially all particles receive at least some exposure to microwave energy.
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A method of treating minerals using microwave energy that includes exposing a moving bed of mineral particles to pulsed high energy microwave energy so that at least substantially all particles receive at least some exposure to microwave energy.
An assembly for treating minerals using microwave energy that includes:
- (a) a source of pulsed high energy microwave energy;
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- (b) an apparatus for moving a bed, preferably a mixed bed, of mineral particles through an exposure zone or zones of the microwave source so that, in use, at least substantially all particles receive at least some exposure to microwave energy.
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