Effect of diboron trioxide on the crushing strength and smelting mechanism of high-chromium vanadium–titanium magnetite pellets

The effect of diboron trioxide(B_2O_3) on the crushing strength and smelting mechanism of high-chromium vanadium–titanium magnetite pellets was investigated in this work. The main characterization methods were X-ray fluorescence, inductively coupled plasma–atomic emission spectroscopy, mercury injection porosimetry, X-ray diffraction, metallographic microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy–energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The results showed that the crushing strength increased greatly with increasing B_2O_3 content and that the increase in crushing strength was strongly correlated with a decrease in porosity, the formation of liquid phases, and the growth and recrystallization consolidation of hematite crystalline grains. The smelting properties were measured under simulated blast furnace conditions; the results showed that the smelting properties within a certain B_2O_3 content range were improved and optimized except in the softening stage. The valuable element B was easily transformed to the slag, and this phenomenon became increasingly evident with increasing B_2O_3 content. The formation of Ti(C,N) was mostly avoided, and the slag and melted iron were separated well during smelting with the addition of B_2O_3. The size increase of the melted iron was consistent with the gradual optimization of the dripping characteristics with increasing B_2O_3 content.

Shaped Insulating Refractory Products——Determination of Cold Crushing Strength

1 Scope This standard specifies a method for determination of the cold crushing strength of shaped insulating refractory products.

Effects of particle size on crushing and deformation behaviors of rockfill materials

Strength and deformation behaviors of rockfill materials,key factors for determining the stability of dams,pertain strongly to the grain crushing characteristics.In this study,single-particle crushing tests were carried out on rockfill materials with nominal particle diameters of 2.5 mm,5 mm and 10 mm to investigate the particle size effect on the single-particle strength and the relationship between the characteristic stress and probability of non-failure.Test data were found to be described by the Weibull distribution with the Weibull modulus of 3.24.Assemblies with uniform nominal grains were then subjected to one-dimensional compression tests at eight levels of vertical stress with a maximum of 100 MPa.The yield stress in one-dimensional compression tests increased with decreasing the particle size,which could be estimated from the single-particle crushing tests.The void ratio-vertical stress curve could be predicted by an exponential function.The particle size distribution curve increased obviously with applied stresses less than 16 MPa and gradually reached the ultimate fractal grading.The relative breakage index became constant with stress up to 64 MPa and was obtained from the ultimate grading at the fractal dimension(a?2:7).A hyperbolical function was also found useful for describing the relationship between the relative breakage index and input work during one-dimensional compression tests.

Bounding surface plasticity model for stress-strain and grain-crushing behaviors of rockfill materials

Crushing of grains can greatly influence the strength,dilatancy,and stress-strain relationship of rockfill materials.The critical state line(CSL)in the void ratio versus mean effective stress plane was extended to the breakage critical state plane(BCSP).A state void-ratio-pressure index that incorporated the effect of grain crushing was proposed according to the BCSP.Rowe’s stress-dilatancy equation was modified by adding the breakage voidratio-pressure index,which was also incorporated into the formulations of the bounding stress ratio and plastic modulus.A BCSP-based bounding surface plasticity model was proposed to describe the state-dependent stressstrain behaviors and the evolution of grain crushing during shearing process of rockfill materials,and was shown to sufficiently capture the breakage phenomenon.

Grain crushing in geoscience materials-Key issues on crushing response,measurement and modeling:Review and preface

Grain crushing is commonly encountered in deep foundation engineering,high rockfill dam engineering,railway engineering,mining engineering,coastal engineering,petroleum engineering,and other geoscience application.Grain crushing is affected by fundamental soil characteristics,such as their mineral strength,grain size and distribution,grain shape,density and specimen size,and also by external factors including stress magnitude and path,loading rate and duration,degree of saturation,temperature and geochemical environment.Crushable material becomes a series of different materials with the change in its grading during grain crushing,resulting in a decrease in strength and dilatancy and an increase in compressibility.Effects of grain crushing on strength,dilatancy,deformation and failure mechanisms have been extensively investigated through laboratory testing,discrete element method(DEM)modelling,Weibull statistics,and constitutive modelling within the framework of the extended crushing-dependent critical state theory or the energy-based theory.Eleven papers summarized in this review article for this special issue addressed the above issues in grain crushing through the advanced testing and modelling.

New testing methodology for the quantification of rock crushability:Compressive crushing value(CCV)

Crushing is a size reduction process that plays a key role in both mineral processing and crushing–screening plant design. Investigations on rock crushability have become an important issue in mining operations and the manufacture of industrial crusher equipment. The main objective of this research is to quantify the crushability of hard rocks based on their mineralogical and mechanical properties. For this purpose, the mineralogical, physical, and mechanical properties of various hard rocks were determined. A new compressive crushing value(CCV) testing methodology was proposed. The results obtained from CCV tests were compared with those from mineralogical inspections, rock strength as well as mechanical aggregate tests. Strong correlations were found between CCV and several rock and aggregate properties such as uniaxial compressive strength(UCS), the brittleness index(S_(20)), and aggregate impact value(AIV). Furthermore, the relationship between the mineralogical properties of the rocks and their CCVs were established. It is concluded that the proposed testing methodology is simple and highly repeatable and could be utilized as a pre-design tool in the design stage of the crushing process for rock quarries.

Influence of some rock strength properties on jaw crusher performance in granite quarry

The influence of rock strength properties on Jaw Crusher performance was carried out to determine the effect of rock strength on crushing time and grain size distribution of the rocks.Investigation was conducted on four different rock samples namely marble,dolomite,limestone and granite which were representatively selected from fragmented lumps in quarries.Unconfined compressive strength and Point load tests were carried out on each rock sample as well as crushing time and size analysis.The results of the strength parameters of each sample were correlated with the crushing time and the grain size distribution of the rock types.The results of the strength tests show that granite has the highest mean value of 101.67 MPa for Unconfined Compressive Strength(UCS) test,6.43 MPa for Point Load test while dolomite has the least mean value of 30.56 MPa for UCS test and 0.95 MPa for Point Load test.According to the International Society for Rock Mechanic(ISRM) standard,the granite rock sample may be classified as having very high strength and dolomite rock sample,low strength.Also,the granite rock has the highest crushing time(21.0 s) and dolomite rock has the least value(5.0 s).Based on the results of the investigation,it was found out that there is a great influence of strength properties on crushing time of rock types.

On the measurements of individual particle properties via compression and crushing

An experimental study is presented to measure the elastic,yielding,and crushing properties of individual particles under compression using substrates made of aluminum alloy,stainless steel,and sapphire.Carefully selected,highly spherical individual Ottawa sand particles of 0.75e1.1 mm in nominal diameter were compressed between two smooth substrates,and the loadedeformation curves were analyzed by Hertz elastic contact theory to derive their reduced modulus and Young’s modulus as well as yielding and crushing strengths,which vary significantly with the type of substrate materials.Further analysis of the yielding and plastic deformation at the particle-substrate contact shows that the yield strength or hardness of the substrate materials dominates the local contact behavior and hence affects the measured apparent yielding and crushing strengths.The two softer substrates(aluminum alloy and stainless steel)actually lead to underestimated apparent shear yield strengths of quartz particles by 60.4%and 54.2%,respectively,which are actually the yielding of substrates,while the true particle yielding occurs in the sapphire-particle contact.Moreover,the two softer substrates cause much overestimated crushing strengths of the quartz particles by 50.4%and 36.4%,respectively.Selection of inappropriate substrate materials and inappropriate interpretation of the particle-substrate contact can lead to significant errors in the measured yielding and crushing strengths.It is recommended that single particle compression testing uses substrates with yield strength greater than that of the tested particles and result interpretation also considers the elastic and yielding behaviors of the substrates.

Density and Strength of Mortar Made with the Mixture of Wood Ash, Crushed Gneiss and River Sand as Fine Aggregate

The main purpose of this paper is to study the feasibility of using wood bottom ash to partially replace natural fine aggregate or crushed gneiss sand in the manufacturing of mortars. The experiment uses wood ash as fine aggregates, which passes through 5 mm sieve, in proportions of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% by weight to replace partially river sand and crushed gneiss, and the both sand of the same size as the aggregate respectively. Experimental results show that density of mortar and the compressive strength of mortar decrease globally with the increase in wood ash content. At 56 days, and for all replacements with wood ash, compressive strengths values of mortar obtained with the mixture of wood ash and river sand is greater than 20 MPa, which is not the case for mortar made with crushed gneiss and wood ash. Moreover, for 5% of replacement with wood ash, compressive strengths of mortar obtained with the mixture of wood ash and river sand and the mixture of wood ash and crushed gneiss are respectively 37 MPa and 32 MPa at 56 days. These values satisfied the strength requirements. Hence, 5% replacement of crushed gneiss with wood ash is suggested and could be benefit for mortar. In addition, the replacement of sand by wood ash is preferable with river sand which contains fewer fines than crushed gneiss. The compressive strength of mortar with 25% wood ash + river sand could be suitable.

Effect of Recycled Coarse Aggregate on Concrete Compressive Strength

The effect of recycled coarse aggregate on concrete compressive strength was investigated based on the concrete skeleton theory. For this purpose, 30 mix proportions of concrete with target cube compressive strength ranging from 20 to 60 MPa were cast with normal coarse aggregate and recycled coarse aggregate from different strength parent concretes. Results of 28-d test show that the strength of different types of recycled aggregate affects the concrete strength obviously. The coarse aggregate added to mortar matrix plays a skeleton role and improves its compressive strength. The skeleton effect of coarse aggregate increases with the increasing strength of coarse aggregate, and normal coarse aggregate plays the highest, whereas the lowest concrete strength occurs when using the weak recycled coarse aggregate. There is a linear relationship between the concrete strength and the corresponding mortar matrix strength. Coarse aggregate skeleton formula is established, and values from experimental tests match the derived expressions.

The Permeability and Strength of Green High Performance Concrete

The permeability,alkali silica reaction,workability and strength of GHPC(green high performance concrete) were studied in this paper.The results show that GHPC has an excellent durability and the effects of mass ratio of flyash to high calcium slag,water binder ratio,content of water reducer,and crushed coarse aggregate type on the workability and strength of GHPC were considerably evident.A new path for the concretes continuous development was put forward.

XRD Evaluation of Relative Mechanical Strength and Irradiation Resistance of Synthetic Diamond

We continue here our previous work where SD powders were significantly strengthened by irradiation with electrons of lower energy under smaller dose. Previous results were obtained from the crushing strength analysis, no XRD was applied. In present work, powders of synthetic diamond with low strengthwere sorted on sets with different grain size. As established, the sets had various crushing strengths and morphology. They were irradiated with high energy electrons (6.5 MeV, D = 2 × 1019 and D = 6 × 1019 cm?2, Tirr = 450 K) and analyzed using XRD (CuKα) before and after irradiation. Nonlinear dependences a(Θ) = f{R(Θ), where a(Θ) is lattice constant and R(Θ) is Raily function, and the discovered extra-splits (additional to α1-α2-doublets on CuKα) of basic peaks in XRD patterns from the SD sets, testified that crystal lattice of diamond in sets was variously distorted, like of cBN doped with rare earth elements. As established, the first irradiation led to decreasing distortions, the more significantly the higher initial strength of the set. The second irradiation produced softening and increasing distortions of crystal lattice of diamond, the more effectively the less initial strength of diamond. XRD allows indirectly to presort synthetic diamond off the material with critically low relative mechanical strength as well as evaluate resistance of diamond crystal lattice against heavy irradiation and other external impacts.

Compressive Strength and Abrasion Resistance of Concretes under Varying Exposure Conditions

The purpose of this study is to comparatively evaluate the wear resistance of concretes under abrasion rates. Five concrete mix proportions of a fixed water-cement ratio of 0.45 were considered in the study, but the constituent materials, age of concrete and exposure contact conditions were varied. The coarse aggregate type employed in the study was crushed granite. The compressive strength and abrasion resistance of concretes were tested between at ages 7 to 70 days and 100 - 500 revolutions of abrasion wheels respectively. The study revealed that the compressive strength and abrasion resistance had the optimal performance when the coarse aggregate content was 45% and the worst performance when the fine aggregate content was 28.7% of the total weight of concrete constituents. There was a remarkable loss of concrete particles to wear between 200 revs and 300 revs of abrasion wheel contact. Concrete grade in excess of 60 N/mm2 is required to resist abrasion beyond 200 revolutions of abrasion wheel contact on concrete specimens. Concretes investigated also showed weak resistance to deep abrasion at and above 300 revolutions of abrasion wheel contact.

The Effect of Bridging Liquid Surface Tension and Specific Surface Area on Strength Factor of Coal Agglomerates

The aim of this research is to determine the effect of bridging liquid surface tension and specific surface area on strength factor of coal agglomerates. The production of coal agglomerates of the range 15-27.51 mm was achieved. The crushing strength of the agglomerates was determined for good handling of fine （coal-liquid mixture） to improve fugitive dust control, decrease in transportation losses, reduce risk of coal freezing, lower risk of spontaneous combustion, etc. in iron and steel industries, railway corporations and coal corporations. Kerosene （paraffin oil） was used as a binder and the agglomerated coal oil mixture was pelletized using balling technique （disc）. Mechanical and physical tests like compressive strength test, etc. were carried out. The relationship between the bridging liquid surface tension and specific surface area on strength factor of coal agglomerates showed that there is considerable variation in these parameters in the coal powder systems.

激振搅拌对水泥稳定碎石与煤矸石抗压强度的影响

为研究激振搅拌工艺对水泥稳定煤矸石混合料性能的影响规律,以水泥稳定碎石为基准,对比分析普通搅拌与激振搅拌对不同水泥剂量的水泥稳定基层材料无侧限抗压强度的影响。结果表明:在干拌状态下增加激振工艺对基层混合料抗压强度的提升效果显著,在激振气压为0.4 MPa、激振干拌30 s后普通湿拌30 s条件下,混合料的7 d无侧限抗压强度达到最佳;激振搅拌对水泥稳定碎石、水泥稳定煤矸石混合料强度的平均提升幅度约为20%,对煤矸石混合料的强度提升更加显著,水泥剂量越少,提升幅度越大。SEM结果表明激振搅拌后混合料中的水化产物分布更加均匀,结构更加致密;经线性拟合计算,当水泥剂量为2.0%~7.0%(质量分数,下同)时,激振搅拌对于碎石混合料可节约8.9%~26.3%的水泥,对于煤矸石混合料可节约12.9%~30.8%水泥,且节约率与水泥剂量成反比。

正硅酸锂氚增殖材料结构改性及机械性能研究

三元锂陶瓷可作为聚变堆候选固态氚增殖材料。其中,硅酸锂(Li_(4)SiO_(4))锂密度较高,释氚性能良好。然而,Li_(4)SiO_(4)烧结较为困难,力学性能亟待改善。针对这一问题,研究提出通过中子倍增元素Pb、Zr添加的方式,调控陶瓷烧结特性及微细结构,以提高陶瓷致密度、改善机械性能。向前驱体溶液中以硝酸铅[Pb(NO_(3))_(2)]形式添加2 wt.%、5 wt.%和8 wt.%Pb元素,通过微波辅助溶液燃烧合成法得到陶瓷粉体。X射线衍射分析显示,陶瓷中Pb的有效成分为PbO。当向陶瓷中添加2 wt.%Pb元素后,陶瓷的致密度有所提高。在氧气氛围下,经1273 K烧结后相对致密度可达90%。对陶瓷的抗弯强度进行了测试,结果显示Pb添加可在一定程度上改善陶瓷的机械性能。因而,PbO虽然能够改善陶瓷的烧结致密化过程,但难以显著提高Li_(4)SiO_(4)的力学性能。向Li_(4)SiO_(4)添加10 wt.%ZrO_(2)后,Zr主要以Li_(2)ZrO_(3)形式存在。陶瓷晶粒得到明显细化,陶瓷的相对致密度为86.19%,其抗弯强度与致密度成正向关系。在此基础上,制备了Li_(4)SiO_(4)-10 wt.%ZrO_(2)微球,其抗压溃力可达40.76 N。

松软破碎煤体取制样与剪切试验系统研制及应用

研究松软破碎煤体力学性质对巷道支护和煤与瓦斯突出预测等工作具有重要意义,但当前缺乏有效的松软破碎煤体取样、制样及力学特性分析装置。为此,研发了一套松软破碎煤体取制样与剪切试验系统,主要由取样装置、制样装置和力学特性参数测试系统组成,各部分具有以下主要功能与特点:①取样装置中的单动三管取芯器包含脑袋总成、外管总成及内管总成3部分,内外管间设置稳定环,保证内外管同心,内管总成腔体内部设置衬管用于储存煤心,取芯钻进时内管不随外管旋转;当钻取的煤心充满衬管后,退出取芯器,拆卸取出衬管,将煤心连同衬管一并取出并进行封装。取样装置灵活、轻便、易拆装携带。②制样装置包含脱模仪、切割机、冰箱、热风枪4部分,脱膜仪用于脱去煤心外层衬管,切割机、冰箱和热风枪用于对煤心进行切割、冷冻和热缩;制作标准煤心试件分为打孔润湿、冷冻切割和热缩脱模3个步骤,采用端头局部冷冻切割、脱模与热缩均匀同步等技术,实现多种标准尺寸试件制备,制样方法完善、成功率高。③力学特性参数测试系统包含主体结构、伺服油源控制装置和软件系统3部分,能实现限制性及非限制性直剪试验功能,主要用于开展松软破碎煤体标准试件不同法向应力下直剪试验、不同围压下三轴压缩试验。整体设计结构简单、操作方便。研究利用单动三管取芯器获取松软破碎煤体,利用脱模仪等制样装置将其制备成标准试件,进而在力学特性参数测试系统上分别开展松软破碎煤体标准试件在0.04、0.05、0.06、0.07、0.08、0.09 MPa法向应力下的直剪试验和0.2、0.3、0.4 MPa围压下的三轴压缩试验,并求得两种试验条件下松软破碎煤体的黏聚力和内摩擦角等抗剪强度参数,其中直剪试验求得的黏聚力和内摩擦角为0.125 kPa和37.2°,三轴压缩试验求得的黏聚力和内摩擦角为0.121 kPa和36.4°。结果表明,该套系统具有较好的实用性和可靠性,为研究松软破碎煤体力学特性提供了较好的试验平台和方法。

盐冻循环作用下水泥稳定碎石混合料的宏细观性能

为研究盐分和冻融循环耦合侵蚀作用下水泥稳定碎石混合料的力学性能、疲劳特性及微细观空隙结构衰减规律,在冻融条件下对不同初始含盐量的水泥稳定碎石混合料开展无侧限抗压强度试验、弯拉强度试验、动态压缩模量试验和三分点加载疲劳试验。基于工业CT无损检测技术研究了盐冻耦合作用下水泥稳定碎石混合料微细观空隙结构衰减规律;提出了盐冻循环次数与盐溶液浓度对水泥稳定碎石混合料力学性能、疲劳性能和微细观空隙直径期望值的衰减公式;建立了微细观空隙结构与宏观力学性能、疲劳性能之间的拟合关系。结果表明:盐冻耦合侵蚀作用加速了水泥稳定碎石混合料力学性能与疲劳特性衰减,随着盐冻循环次数增加,水泥稳定碎石混合料的无侧限抗压强度与动态回弹模量呈指数模型衰减,弯拉强度与疲劳寿命呈三次函数模型衰减;盐冻损伤主要集中在集料边缘的原生空隙部位,微细观等效空隙直径期望值和空隙级配中小于0.1 mm3的空隙数量随着盐冻耦合侵蚀作用次数增加而增大;硫酸钠盐溶液浓度越大,经历相同盐冻循环后水泥稳定碎石混合料力学性能和疲劳性能损伤度越高,微细观等效空隙直径期望值随着硫酸钠盐溶液浓度增大呈线性关系增大;随着等效空隙直径期望值增大,水泥稳定碎石混合料的动态回弹模量、无侧限抗压强度和弯拉强度均呈线性关系减小,同时疲劳寿命呈指数函数关系降低;盐冻耦合侵蚀作用改变了水泥稳定碎石内部微细观空隙结构,是盐冻耦合侵蚀作用导致水泥稳定碎石混合料力学性能和疲劳性能下降的原因之一。

基于名义粒径的砂岩颗粒破碎强度及颗粒集合抗剪强度的尺寸效应研究

对单颗粒和颗粒集合分别进行单轴压缩试验和直剪试验,探究不同尺寸、含石量和最大粒径下颗粒强度特征。基于Weibull统计模型建立颗粒强度尺寸效应公式,统计单颗粒名义粒径尺寸占比并推出级配曲线,再将名义粒径级配曲线与颗粒集合级配曲线对比,得到颗粒集合中特征粒径与名义粒径转化关系,由此得到从单颗粒推广到颗粒集合的强度尺寸效应公式,并检验公式适用性。结果表明:砂岩颗粒强度具有明显的尺寸效应;强度尺寸效应公式可以更好地预测天然级配堆石料的强度参数,对实际工程具有一定的指导意义。

均粒树脂压碎强度指标测试方法的改进及应用

提出了一种新的树脂压碎强度测试方法,完善了树脂的预处理过程,采用自动化压碎强度测试装置,增加了标准偏差作为评价指标。结果表明:新方法具有可自动判断测试终点、测试耗时短、不受人为因素干扰等优点;改进后的树脂压碎强度测试方法提高了测试精度,可用于检验树脂生产工艺水平、检查新树脂中是否掺杂回收树脂,以及判断树脂能否报废等。