Glossary

mass

The mass of the samples. Dry mass is mandatory, either by supplying it directly, or by back-calculation from wet mass and H2O. Without dry mass composition cannot be managed, since composition is on a dry basis.

composition

The composition of the DRY mass. Typically chemical composition is of interest (elements and oxides), however mineral composition is/will be supported.

MassComposition

A class that holds the mass and composition of a sample.

Stream

A class that inherits MassComposition, and has a source and destination property. It is used to represent a MassComposition object flowing between two nodes in a network. Synonymous with a stream in a processing flowsheet.