Comparison with some porous materials and the effects of powder filling on breakage parameters of diatomite in dry ball milling

Abstract

In this study, a comparison of breakage parameters with some porous materials (pumice, trass, and amorphous silica) and the effects on breakage kinetics of powder filling of diatomite were investigated on at batch grinding conditions. For this purpose, first, standard Bond grindability tests were performed for four porous samples. Second, eight different mono-size fractions of all samples were carried out between 1.7mm and 0.106mm formed by a a?2 sieve series. Then, Si and Bi,j equations were determined for the size distributions at different grinding times, and the model parameters (Si, aT, ?, ?, ?j, and ?) were tested for four different porous materials. Finally, model parameters were discussed for four different powder filling (3.5, 7, 10.5, and 14%) of diatomite samples. From the results of test, the validity of the relationships between Bond grindability and breakage parameters has been not confirmed with good correlation coefficients. The reason of this negative result could be attributed to different of the geological origin of porous materials. In addition, the results of the effect of powder filling on the grinding were found different than other investigators. Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.