In the last decade in the search and exploration of deposits of non-ferrous, rare and noble metals intensively develops and finds wide application in the practice of geochemical prospecting X-ray radiometric method of analysis.

The increasing demand of the industry for ceramic raw materials leads to a sharp increase in their extraction. The increase in extraction implies an improvement in the quality of the raw materials supplied to the processing companies, which makes it possible to increase the economic efficiency of the industry.

The effective mass attenuation coefficients for gamma radiation of radioactive ores have close values for the integral spectrum measured by a NaI(Tl) scintillator in a standard shield, and for the energy windows used in gamma-spectral logging and ore assaying. ...

X-ray spectral determination of light elements, as is known, is hindered by the low fluorescence yield, X-ray absorption on the path from the sample to the detector, and the insufficient resolution of the commonly used proportional counters. Low values of threshold sensitivity and high accuracy have been achieved in the analysis of cement raw materials on an X-ray spectral analyzer in vacuum with alpha excitation and homogenization of samples by fusion, but such analysis is characterized by complexity and low productivity. During the research, the task was set of selecting the optimal scheme and conditions for the analysis of light macrocomponents (Mg, Si, P and S) of iron-containing samples.

Continuous recording of equivalent contents of radioactive elements instead of registration of count rates in differential channels during gamma-spectral measurements makes it possible to quickly obtain information on the distribution of elements in the studied object and simplify the processing and interpretation of results. This method is used in search gamma-spectral surveys while moving. In our work, continuous recording of uranium (by radium) and thorium contents was used in gamma-spectral logging on the target of two-component uranium-thorium ores.

The electronic circuit for stabilizing the energy scale is a device that tracks the photopeak of a gamma reference. The basis of the circuit is two adjacent differential channels with the same window width, tuned, respectively, to the left and right branches of the photopeak of the reference source. At the output of both differential channels a comparison circuit and an actuating device are placed. ...

The different spectral composition of gamma radiation of uranium and thorium ores determines the specifics of accounting for the attenuation of radiation in casing pipes and drilling fluid when interpreting gamma-spectral logs.

Gamma‑spectrometry is increasingly used in the testing of uranium‑thorium ores. It is based on measurements of pulse count rate in the optimal for uranium and thorium areas of the gamma‑radiation spectrum. One of the main conditions ensuring high sampling accuracy is the correct choice of the gamma‑spectrometer energy windows. This question arises most acutely when creating spectrometric equipment with a small size of scintillators due to the low pulse count rate in the narrow energy windows usually recommended in the literature.