Problems of Analytical Control in the Production of Rare and Precious Metals

Аннотация

This article is devoted to one important issue in the development of rare and precious metals industry— analytical control (AC). The current state, importance, problems, and prospects of the development of AC as an integral part of the production of rare and precious metals and quality assurance of products are considered. Modern methods of AC—atomic-spectral, mass-spectral, X-ray fluorescent, combined, and rational fields of their application—are characterized. It is shown scientific-and-technical progress is inextricably associated with a cardinal increase in a nomenclature of materials based on rare and precious metals and an increase in requirements for their quality. This will require the development of new methods of AC and improving existing ones, standardizing them, and metrological support. To carry out this work, it is necessary to attract research organizations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, universities, branch institutes with research laboratories that have survived the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and activate factory science. It is necessary to effectively use the achievements of advanced analytical laboratories abroad and participate in international comparative trials. At the same time, special attention is paid to unsolved problems—a scientifically justified formulation of requirements for new types of products based on rare and precious metals; the development and metrological assessment of sampling techniques; the development of high-quality metrological support for the AC of production of rare and precious metals; improving analytical methods; standardizing analytical methods; the accreditation of analytical laboratories; and the education and training of highly qualified analytical chemists.