Prototype Gold Sniffer

黄金嗅探器是肯德尔科技公司的一项专利技术，它将生产一种能够检测矿物样品中的黄金的手持设备。黄金嗅探器将在矿产勘查现场或矿山工作面上探测矿物样品中的黄金。目前，金的测定是在实验室通过火焰分析、原子吸收或质谱仪技术进行的，这些技术既昂贵又耗时，或者可以使用手持x射线荧光（XRF）装置来检测可能暗示金存在的指示元素。然而，目前还没有一种手持设备可以在现场条件下检测典型浓度的金。黄金嗅探器探测黄金的能力比XRF装置灵敏100到1000倍，允许直接探测矿物样品中的黄金。黄金嗅探器将大大提高金矿开采和黄金勘查的效率。肯德尔科技公司已经申请了加拿大和美国的黄金嗅探器技术专利，证明了这一概念的可行性，并正在构建黄金嗅探器的原型。康内斯托加学院计划协助开发黄金嗅探器的原型。

The Gold Sniffer is a technology patented by Kendall Technology Inc.that will produce a hand held unit capable of detecting gold in mineral samples. The Gold Sniffer will detect gold in mineral samples in the field during mineral exploration or at the working face in a mine. At present, gold is measured by fire assay, atomic absorption or mass spectrometer techniques in a laboratory, which is expensive and time consuming, or a hand held X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) unit can be used to detect indicator elements that may imply the presence of gold. However, there is at present no hand held device that can detect gold at typical concentrations under field conditions. The Gold Sniffer's ability to detect gold is 100 to 1000 times more sensitive than an XRF unit, permitting the direct detection of gold in mineral samples. The Gold Sniffer will significantly increase the efficiency of gold mining and gold exploration. Kendall Technology has filed Canadian and US patents on the Gold Sniffer technology, demonstrated the viability of the concept, and is constructing a prototype of the Gold Sniffer. It is planned that Conestoga College will assist with the development of a prototype of the Gold Sniffer.