Minimum Void Ratio Model Established from Tailings and Determination of Optimal Void Ratio

Table 2

Scheme of the experiments.

Tailing mixture affected by fine						Tailing mixture affected by coarse
/mm	Test sample nos.					/mm	Test sample nos.
		1-2	N-a	-0.33	0.91			-0.57	0.94	0.25-0.3		-0.41	0.97	-0.53	0.97
0.5-1	N-b	-0.41	0.97	-0.63	0.97	0.15-0.25		-0.46	0.91	-0.60	0.99
0.3-0.5	N-c	-0.51	0.93	-0.68	0.97	0.1-0.15		-0.42	0.88	-0.61	0.99
0.25-0.3	N-d	-0.58	0.96	-0.73	0.97	0.075-0.1		-0.51	0.97	-0.69	0.99
						0-0.075		-0.39	0.97	-0.97	0.99