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Microanalyser Prototype for On-Line Monitoring of Copper(II) Ion in Mining Industrial Processes
Karla Victoria Guevara Amatón1, Pedro Couceiro2, Hesner Coto Fuentes1
1Instituto Tecnológico de la Laguna, México, Cuauhtémoc y Revolución s/n, Torreón Coahuila 27000, Mexico.
Abstract:
A microanalyzer prototype for copper(II) ion monitoring in mining industrial processes is presented. The microanalyzer is designed as an assembly of different modules, each module being responsible for a unit operation. In order to optimize the industrial processes, the microanalyzer can automate all sample management, signal processing, and mathematical calculations and wirelessly transfer data to a control room. The determination of copper(II) ion is done using a colorimetric reaction and the microanalyser performs autocalibration by in situ dilution of a stock solution, matching the higher analyte concentration of the working range defined for the sample to be determined, using a multicommutation approach. The performance of the microanalyzer for monitoring copper(II) ion in water effluents of mining facilities was optimized in the working range from 1 to 10 mg/L to match Mexican environmental law regulations, which allow a maximum concentration of 4 mg/L of copper(II) ion in these circumstances.
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