Standard No.:	YS/T 318-2023
English Name:	Copper concentrate
Chinese Name:	铜精矿
Professional Classification:	YS    Professional Standard - Non-ferrous Metal
Source Content Issued by:	Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Issued on:	2023-12-29
Implemented on:	2024-7-1
Status:	valid
Superseding:	YS/T 318-2007 Copper concentrate
Target Language:	English
File Format:	PDF
Word Count:	4000 words
Translation Price(USD):	120.0
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YS/T 318-2023 Copper concentrate 1 Scope This document specifies the product classification, technical requirements, test methods, inspection rules, packaging, transportation, storage, accompanying documents and purchase order contents of flotation copper concentrate. This document is applicable to copper concentrate products for copper smelting where the copper content (mass fraction) of copper-bearing ores obtained by flotation method is not less than 13%. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. GB/T 3884.1 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 1: Determination of copper content - Iodine titration method GB/T 3884.2 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 2: Determination of gold and silver contents - Flame atomic absorption spectrmetric method and fire assay method GB/T 3884.4 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 4: Determination of magnesium oxide content - Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry method GB/T 3884.5 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 5: Determination of fluoride content - Ion selective electrode method GB/T 3884.6 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 6: Determination of lead, zinc, cadmium and nickel content - Flame atomic absorption spectrometry method GB/T 3884.7 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 7: Determination of lead content - Na2EDTA titration method GB/T 3884.8 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 8: Determination of zinc content - Na2EDTA titration method GB/T 3884.9 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 9: Determination of arsenic and bismuth contents - Hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry method, The potassium bromate titration method and The silver diethyl dithiocarbamate photometric method GB/T 3884.10 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 10: Determination of Antimony content - Hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry method GB/T 3884.11 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Determination of mercury content - Cold atomic absorption spectrometric method GB/T 3884.12 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 12: Determination of fluoride and chloride contents - Ion chromatography and potentiometric titration GB/T 3884.18 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 18: Determination of arsenic, antimony, bismuth, lead, zinc, nickel, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, aluminium oxide, magnesium oxide and calcium oxide contents - Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry GB/T 3884.20 Methods for chemical analysis of copper concentrates - Part 20: Determination of mercury content - Solid sampling and direct mercury analysis method GB/T 8170 Rules of rounding off for numerical values & expression and judgement of limiting values GB/T 14263 Methods for sampling and sample preparation of flotation copper concentrates in bulk GB/T 20424 The specification for limit on harmful element content of the heavy metal concentrates products GB 20664 Limitation concentration of natural radioactivity in non-ferrous metal ores and concentrates products YS/T 96 The methods of sampling and assaying for gold and silver content in the bulk flotation copper concentrates YS/T 418 Nonferrous-metals concentrate products - Packing, marking, transporting and storing 3 Terms and definitions No terms and definitions are listed in this document. 4 Product classification Copper concentrate is classified into first grade, second grade, third grade and fourth grade products according to chemical composition. 5 Technical requirements 5.1 Chemical composition 5.1.1 The chemical composition of copper concentrate shall meet the requirements of Table 1.

Foreword I 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Product classification 5 Technical requirements 6 Test methods 7 Inspection rules 8 Packaging, transportation, storage and accompanying documents 9 Order contents