Research Article

Temperature Effects on Rheological Properties of Fresh Thickened Copper Tailings that Contain Cement

Table 1

Physicochemical characterization of the tailings.

CharacteristicsContent %

Chemical composition
SiO264.00
Al2O36.20
S0.39
MgO1.40
CaO9.20
K2ONot detected
Na2ONot detected
Loss-on-ignition (LOI)17.00
Total98.00
Physical properties
Solid density (kg·m−3)2660.00
Tightly packed bulk density (kg·m−3)1600.00
Porosity (%)39.70
Specific surface area (m2·cm−3)0.61