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TN-003 Chrysos PhotonAssay™ Measurement Performance for Precision Gold Services

How PhotonAssay™ performs on known CRMs and blanks using our multi-cycle, non-standard gold services.

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What this note covers

  • Detection limits for PhotonAssay™ standard (2-cycle) and precision (4-cycle and 8-cycle) gold services, tested on reagent-blank materials

  • Instrument precision across a range of gold grades, from low-grade CRMs (sub-100 ppb) through to high-grade reference materials (46+ ppm)

  • Impact of background elements — uranium, thorium and barium — on PhotonAssay™ gold measurement precision and detection limits

  • How sampling error affects total measurement uncertainty, and when running additional aliquots outperforms switching to a higher-cycle service

  • Real-world performance data from a Ravenswood Gold Mine case study using 26 low-grade plant samples

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