<em>DESIGN OF PNEUMATIC FRACTURING EXPERIMENTS FOR RARE EARTH ELEMENTS RECOVERY BY SUPPORT OF X-RAY MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING</em> — ICTMS Committee Dep of Applied Maths Australian National University
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DESIGN OF PNEUMATIC FRACTURING EXPERIMENTS FOR RARE EARTH ELEMENTS RECOVERY BY SUPPORT OF X-RAY MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING (98)

Gerhard Zacher 1 , Matthias Halisch 2 , Wilfried Hüls 3
  1. GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH, Wunstorf, NIEDERSACHSEN, Germany
  2. Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
  3. G.U.B. Ingenieur AG, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

To optimize theextraction of Rare Earth Elements (REE)in terms of environmental impact a pneumatic fracturing technique should be developed for a specific mining area in Madagascar. Therefore,laboratory tests with a triaxial test devicewere performed and additional X-ray micro-computed tomography (μ-CT) enabled the observation of induced fracturesunder reservoir conditions.

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