Research Article

Performance Comparison between Neutralization Tailings and Flotation Tailings Used for Backfill Mix and Mechanism Analysis

Table 4

UCS backfill strength comparison of two types of tailings.

  ⁢UCS using 19% cement replacement (MPa)⁢UCS using 12% cement replacement (MPa)
7 d14 d28 d7 d14 d28 d

First experiment using flotation tailings1.022.263.810.651.131.55
First experiment using neutralization tailings2.684.075.441.031.692.33
Second experiment using flotation tailings0.981.563.530.460.781.45
Second experiment using neutralization tailings2.003.154.700.821.251.85