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== Description ==

This article describes the tools, functions and models available in the current release of '''{{Name (Text, Product Version)|date=1}}'''.

For incremental changes, additions and improvements since the initial release of {{Name (Text, Product Version, Major)}}, please see [[Revision History]].

== Functionality ==

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|+ Index of functions and models available with {{Name (Text, Product Version)}}
! Excel Formula Name !! SysCAD Unit !! Description !! Help
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| mdProps_MW ||  || Returns molecular weight of chemical formula (e.g. "H2O") || [[Properties (Molecular Weight)]]
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| mdProps_BulkDensity_Evertsson ||  || Returns the bulk density or packing fraction (v/v) of a polydisperse particulate stream using the Evertsson method || [[Properties (Bulk Density)]]
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| mdMineralogy_EMC ||  || Element-to-Mineral Conversion. Returns the modal mineral composition of a sample with a given assay, least squares method || [[Element To Mineral Conversion]]
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| mdConvert_RetToCumPass ||  || Converts quantity retained per interval to cumulative quantity or (optionally) fraction passing || [[Conversions]]
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| mdConvert_CumPassToRet ||  || Converts to cumulative quantity passing to quantity retained per interval || [[Conversions]]
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| mdConvert_ToMesh ||  || Converts quantity retained distribution Dist1 from mesh (sieve) series Size1 to mesh series Size2 || [[Conversions]]
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| mdConvert_ToGeoMeanSize ||  || Converts mesh (sieve) series Size to its geometric mean size equivalent || [[Conversions]]
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| mdConvert_QvToQm ||  || Converts a slurry stream volumetric flow rate to mass flowrate of solids and liquids || [[Conversions]]
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| mdInterp_Linear ||  || Linear interpolation || [[Interpolation]]
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| mdInterp_CubicSpline ||  || Cubic spline interpolation, with linear extrapolation at extents || [[Interpolation]]
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| mdDist_GaudinSchuhmann ||  || Returns Gaudin-Schuhmann cumulative fraction passing size distribution || [[Distributions]]
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| mdDist_RosinRammler ||  || Returns Rosin-Rammler cumulative fraction passing size distribution || [[Distributions]]
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| mdDist_Swebrec ||  || Returns Swebrec (3 or 5 parameter) cumulative fraction passing size distribution || [[Distributions]]
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| mdPartition_ReidPlitt || Met Dynamics: Screen, Met Dynamics: Hydrocyclone || Returns partition to underflow calculated by Reid-Plitt equation || [[Partition (Size, Reid-Plitt)]]
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| mdPartition_WhitenBeta || Met Dynamics: Screen, Met Dynamics: Hydrocyclone || Returns partition to overflow calculated by Whiten-Beta equation || [[Partition (Size, Whiten-Beta)]]
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| mdPartition_WhitenWhite || Met Dynamics: Gravity Concentrator || Returns partition to oversize calculated by Whiten & White equation, with additions by Dehghani (2002) and Firth (2008) || [[Partition (Size, Whiten and White)]]
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| mdPartition_Pivot || Met Dynamics: Dense Medium Separator, Met Dynamics: Gravity Concentrator || Returns partition to sinks calculated by Pivot model equation || [[Partition (Density, Pivot)]]
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| mdPartition_Stochastic || Met Dynamics: Dense Medium Separator, Met Dynamics: Gravity Concentrator || Returns partition to sinks calculated by Stochastic model equation (Rao, 2021) || [[Partition (Density, Stochastic)]]
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| mdPartition_Bazin || Met Dynamics: Gravity Concentrator || Returns partition to concentrate calculated by Bazin empirical equation for spiral concentrators (2014) || [[Partition (Size, Bazin)]]
|-
| mdSolLiq_Thickener_WilhelmNaide_UA ||  || Returns Thickener Unit Area (L^2/(M/T)) for given underflow solids concentration (M/L^3), Wilhelm & Naide equation (1981) || [[Thickener (Wilhelm-Naide)]]
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| mdSolLiq_Thickener_WilhelmNaide_Cs ||  || Returns Thickener underflow solids concentration (M/L^3) for a given Unit Area (L^2/(M/T)), Wilhelm & Naide equation (1981) || [[Thickener (Wilhelm-Naide)]]
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| mdMillSpeed_RPM ||  || Returns tumbling mill rotational speed (rpm) || [[Tumbling Mill (Speed)]]
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| mdMillSpeed_FracCS ||  || Returns tumbling mill fraction critical speed (frac) || [[Tumbling Mill (Speed)]]
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| mdMillPower_BondWI ||  || Returns rod or ball mill power, Bond Work Index method || [[Comminution Circuit Specific Energy (Bond)]]
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| mdMillPower_HoggFuerstenau || Met Dynamics: Mill || Returns tumbling mill power, Hogg & Fuerstenau method || [[Tumbling Mill (Power, Hogg and Fuerstenau)]]
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| mdMillPower_MorrellC || Met Dynamics: Mill || Returns tumbling mill power, Morrell Continuum method || [[Tumbling Mill (Power, Morrell Continuum)]]
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| mdMillPower_MorrellE || Met Dynamics: Mill || Returns tumbling mill power, Morrell Empirical method || [[Tumbling Mill (Power, Morrell Empirical)]]
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| mdMillPower_MorrellD || Met Dynamics: Mill || Returns tumbling mill power, Morrell Discrete Shell method || [[Tumbling Mill (Power, Morrell Discrete Shell)]]
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| mdMillPower_HildenPowell || Met Dynamics: Mill || Returns tumbling mill power, Hilden & Powell (2018) method || [[Tumbling Mill (Power, Hilden and Powell)]]
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| mdMillPower_Nitta || Met Dynamics: Mill || Returns vertical stirred mill power, Nitta method || [[Stirred Mill (Power, Nitta)]]
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| mdMillPower_Heath ||  || Returns High Intensity Grinding (HIG) mill power, Heath (2017) method || [[Stirred Mill (Power, Heath)]]
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| mdMillMediaTrajectory || Met Dynamics: Mill || Computes the trajectory of a media element in a tumbling mill, Powell method || [[Tumbling Mill (Media Trajectory)]]
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| mdMillMediaStrings || Met Dynamics: Mill || Returns distribution and properties of mixed media sizes at recharge equilibrium || [[Tumbling Mill (Media Strings)]]
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| mdMillSlurryFlow_MorrellStephenson ||  || Returns discharge flow rate of slurry (&lt;xm + water) from a tumbling mill grate || [[Tumbling Mill (Slurry Flow)]]
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| mdMillOverfilling_Arbiter || Met Dynamics: Mill || Returns flow limits for an overflow discharge tumbling mill, Arbiter (1990) method || [[Ball Mill (Overfilling)]]
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| mdMillOverfilling_Shi || Met Dynamics: Mill || Returns slurry residence time and flow limit for an overflow discharge tumbling mill, Shi (2016) method || [[Ball Mill (Overfilling)]]
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| mdSMC_Wa ||  || Returns SMC Coarse Particle Tumbling Mill Specific Energy (&gt;750 um) || [[Comminution Circuit Specific Energy (Morrell)]]
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| mdSMC_Wb ||  || Returns SMC Fine Particle Tumbling Mill Specific Energy (&lt;750 um) || [[Comminution Circuit Specific Energy (Morrell)]]
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| mdSMC_Wc ||  || Returns SMC Conventional Crushing Specific Energy || [[Comminution Circuit Specific Energy (Morrell)]]
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| mdSMC_Wh ||  || Returns SMC HPGR Specific Energy || [[Comminution Circuit Specific Energy (Morrell)]]
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| mdSMC_Ws ||  || Returns SMC Specific Energy Correction for Size Distribution || [[Comminution Circuit Specific Energy (Morrell)]]
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| mdSMC_W ||  || Returns SMC Specific Energy for given input (generic equation) || [[Comminution Circuit Specific Energy (Morrell)]]
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| mdSMC_AbToSMC ||  || Returns SMC ore properties from JK Drop Weight Test and Bond parameters || [[Comminution Circuit Specific Energy (Morrell)]]
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| mdSMC_P80 ||  || Returns P80 for a given Specific Energy calculated using rearranged SMC equation || [[Comminution Circuit Specific Energy (Morrell)]]
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| mdTimeSeries_SMA ||  || Returns Simple Moving Average with window width k || [[Time Series Analysis (Moving Average Filters)]]
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| mdTimeSeries_EMA ||  || Returns Exponential Moving Average with smoothing parameter alpha || [[Time Series Analysis (Moving Average Filters)]]
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| mdTimeSeries_LRMA ||  || Returns Linear Regression Moving Average with window width k || [[Time Series Analysis (Moving Average Filters)]]
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| mdTimeSeries_CUSUM ||  || Returns CUSUM control chart data with optional tabular V-Mask out-of-control detection || [[Time Series Analysis (CUSUM)]]
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| mdNeuralNet_Train ||  || Trains a multi-layer neural network || [[Neural Networks]]
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| mdNeuralNet_Process ||  || Returns the predicted outputs for the given inputs, X, of the defined (trained) neural network || [[Neural Networks]]
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| mdUnit_Blasting_KCO ||  || Blasting fragmentation prediction,  Kuznetsov–Cunningham–Ouchterlony (Swebrec) formulation (2005) || [[Blasting (KCO)]]
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| mdUnit_Crusher_Whiten || Met Dynamics: Crusher || Crusher unit model, Whiten formulation || [[Crusher (Whiten)]]
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| mdUnit_AGSAG_VariableRates || Met Dynamics: Mill || Autogenous and Semi-Autogenous mill unit model, Variable Rates formulation || [[AG/SAG Mill (Variable Rates)]]
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| mdUnit_HPGR_MorrellTondoShi || Met Dynamics: HPGR || High Pressure Grinding Rolls unit model, Morrell, Tondo and Shi formulation || [[HPGR (Morrell-Tondo-Shi)]]
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| mdUnit_HPGR_Torres || Met Dynamics: HPGR || High Pressure Grinding Rolls unit model, Torres and Casali formulation || [[HPGR (Torres)]]
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| mdUnit_HPGR_Campos || Met Dynamics: HPGR || High Pressure Grinding Rolls unit model, Campos (2021) modificatons to Torres formulation || [[HPGR (Campos)]]
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| mdUnit_Screen_Karra || Met Dynamics: Screen || Vibrating screen unit model, Karra formulation || [[Vibrating Screen (Karra)]]
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| mdUnit_Screen_Whiten || Met Dynamics: Screen || Multi-row vibrating screen unit model, Whiten & White, Dehghani and Firth formulation || [[Vibrating Screen (Whiten)]]
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| mdUnit_Screen_Metso || Met Dynamics: Screen || Multi-row vibrating screen unit model, Metso formulation || [[Vibrating Screen (Metso)]]
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| mdUnit_Screen_Mwale || Met Dynamics: Screen || Fine wet screen unit model, Mwale formulation || [[Fine Wet Screen (Mwale)]]
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| mdUnit_AirClassifier_Altun ||  || Air classifier unit model, Altun (2014) formulation || [[Air Classifier (Altun)]]
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| mdUnit_RodMill_Lynch || Met Dynamics: Mill || Rod mill unit model, Lynch formulation || [[Rod Mill (Lynch)]]
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| mdUnit_BallMill_PerfectMixing || Met Dynamics: Mill || Ball mill unit model, Perfect Mixing formulation || [[Ball Mill (Perfect Mixing)]]
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| mdUnit_BallMill_PerfectMixingRiDi || Met Dynamics: Mill* || Ball mill unit model, Perfect Mixing formulation with separate Ri and Di functions || [[Ball Mill (Perfect Mixing, Dynamic)]]
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| mdUnit_StirredMill_PerfectMixing || Met Dynamics: Mill || Vertical stirred mill unit model, Perfect Mixing formulation || [[Stirred Mill (Perfect Mixing)]]
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| mdUnit_StirredMill_PerfectMixingRiDi || Met Dynamics: Mill* || Vertical stirred mill unit model, Perfect Mixing formulation with separate Ri and Di functions || [[Stirred Mill (Perfect Mixing, Dynamic)]]
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| mdUnit_Mill_HerbstFuerstenau || Met Dynamics: Mill || Generic batch/rod/ball/stirred mill unit model, Herbst & Fuerstenau formulation || [[Mill (Herbst-Fuerstenau)]]
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| mdUnit_Hydrocyclone_Plitt || Met Dynamics: Hydrocyclone || Hydrocyclone unit model, Plitt formulation || [[Hydrocyclone (Plitt)]]
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| mdUnit_Hydrocyclone_Nageswararao || Met Dynamics: Hydrocyclone || Hydrocyclone unit model, Nageswararao formulation || [[Hydrocyclone (Nageswararao)]]
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| mdUnit_Hydrocyclone_NarasimhaMainza || Met Dynamics: Hydrocyclone || Hydrocyclone unit model, Narasimha-Mainza formulation || [[Hydrocyclone (Narasimha-Mainza)]]
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| mdUnit_Jig_King || Met Dynamics: Gravity Concentrator || Jig unit model, King stratification formulation with particle size extensions by Rao || [[Jig (King)]]
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| mdUnit_DMDrum_Baguley || Met Dynamics: Dense Medium Separator || Dense medium drum unit model, Baguley formulation || [[Dense Medium Drum (Baguley)]]
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| mdUnit_Flotation_Savassi || Met Dynamics: Flotation || Flotation cell unit model, Savassi floatability component two phase formulation || [[Flotation Cell (Savassi)]]
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| mdUnit_Pump_King || Met Dynamics: Pump* || Simulates centrifugal slurry pump using the King characteristic curve formulation || [[Pump (Centrifugal, Slurry)]]
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Native '''''SysCAD Dynamic''''' model version available.