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dc.contributor.author | Van der Merwe, M.C.J.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Garbers-Craig, Andrie Mariana![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-29T09:32:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-29T09:32:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-04 | |
dc.description | This paper is based on project work carried out in partial fulfillment of a BEng (Metallurgical Engineering) degree at the University of Pretoria. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | Carboxymethyl cellulose is an organic binder used in the iron ore pelletizing industry. The basic principles of how carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) solutions behave during the pelletizing process and how these principles affect the drop and compression strengths of the pellets are poorly understood. The aim of the investigation was therefore to gain knowledge on the behaviour of CMC during the pelletizing of haematite concentrate. Haematite pellets with different additions of CMC (0.1–0.4 wt%), were subjected to drop tests, compression tests, and free moisture content analysis. The relationship between the drop strength, compression strength, free moisture content, elapsed time, and CMC concentration was analysed. The drop strength had a strong correlation with the free moisture content of the haematite pellets, with a correlation coefficient of 0.94. The compression strength of the CMC-bonded haematite pellets increased as the free moisture content decreased, reaching a maximum upon depletion of the free moisture content. Haematite pellets with CMC concentrations of 0.1 and 0.2 wt% developed most of their strength within the first day after pelletizing, whereas pellets with concentrations of 0.3 and 0.4 wt% developed most of their strength between one and two days after pelletizing. The time within which CMC-bonded haematite pellets develop most of their strength is therefore dependent on the CMC concentration. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2017 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | Anglo America Kumba Iron Ore | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.saimm.co.za/journal-papers | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Van der Merwe, M.C.J. & Garbers-Craig, A.M. 2017, 'Influence of a carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) binder on the mechanical properties of iron ore pellets', Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol. 117, no. 4, pp. 337-341. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 0038-223X (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2225-6253 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n4a4 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/62135 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2017 | en_ZA |
dc.subject | CMC fibres | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Haematite pellets | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Drop strength | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Compression strength | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Free moisture content | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) | en_ZA |
dc.title | Influence of a carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) binder on the mechanical properties of iron ore pellets | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |