Data QA/QC & pXRF

Measured

Rene and RSC General Manager – Geoscience Dr Michael Gazley take a look at the data quality management system for Portable XRF, including the quality of data the instrument produces, Quality Control and pXRF versus laboratory data. #measuredpodcast
Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.
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0:34 Introducing the pXRF and the quality of data
2:14 What is the purpose/objective?
4:26 The QA/QC sample does not exist
8:21 Quality Control
12:43 Sensible performance
15:25 Variance of the system
17:52 Controlling the data set
20:35 Accuracy, precision and correcting for bias
22:40 pXRF vs laboratory data
25:20 Avoiding bad data
26:30 Reporting data to JORC
28:44 The future of pXRF and reporting data

Measured is RSC’s podcast series, with RSC Managing Director and Principal Consultant René Sterk conversing with a range of industry personalities. Expect a range of talking points, many with a technical theme, but also some of our industry friends sharing anecdotes about their career in the mineral exploration and mining sector and thoughts on some of the issues the industry faces.

Please enjoy, and don't forget to follow RSC on all our social media platforms!
YouTube: @rscyoutube
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rsc-mme-ltd
Instagram: rsc_gram
TikTok: rsc_tiktok
#measuredpodcast