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What is the Bond Work Index Formula-Equation?In case you had forgotten, here is a classic:
You can read all the details of this now Biblical grinding power requirement calculation formula in Fred Bonds
original paper. You can also review the step-by-step Bond Work Index Test Procedure I posted here.

See thisuseful summaryTable of Bond Work Index by Minerals.

For any circuit, whether a crushing circuit, a rod mill, or a closed ball mill circuit, the Work Index always means
the equivalent amount of energy to reduce one ton of the ore from a very large size to 100 um.
The sample was received crushed appropriately for the ball mill test.
Ball Mill Grindability Testwas conducted by standard practice using 100-mesh (150 pm) closingscreens.The ball
mill work index is shown below.
BM Wi (kW-hr/st) = 17.97
BM Wi (kW-hr/mt) = 19.81

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By David Michaud | July 15th, 2013 | Categories: Grinding, Laboratory Procedures, Tools of a Metallurgist | Tags: Bond's Equation, Grindability,
Hardness | 0 Comments

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