Bond work index tables (wi)

from various sources

Prepared by
K. G. Tsakalakis, Professor NTUA

Table of Materials Reported by Fred Bond1

Material

Number Tested

Andesite
Barite
Basalt
Bauxite
Cement clinker
Cement (raw)
Coke
Copper ore
Diorite
Dolomite
Emery
Feldspar
Ferro-chrome
Ferro-manganese

6
7
3
4
14
19
7
204
4
5
4
8
9
5

adjusted from short tons to metric tonnes

Specific Gravity

2.84
4.50
2.91
2.20
3.15
2.67
1.31
3.02
2.82
2.74
3.48
2.59
6.66
6.32

Work Index (kWh/t)

20.12
6.32
18.85
9.68
14.95
11.59
16.73
14.03
23.04
12.42
62.50
11.90
8.42
9.15

Table of Materials Reported by Fred Bond1

Material

Number Tested

Ferro-silicon
Flint
Fluorspar
Gabbro
Glass
Glass
Gneiss
Gold ore
Granite
Graphite
Gravel
Gypsum rock
Iron ore hematite
Hematite-specularite

13
5
5
4
4
4
3
197
36
6
15
4
56
3

adjusted from short tons to metric tonnes

Specific Gravity

4.41
2.65
3.01
2.83
2.58
2.58
2.71
2.81
2.66
1.75
2.66
2.69
3.55
3.28

Work Index (kWh/t)

11.03
28.84
9.82
20.34
13.57
13.57
22.19
16.46
16.59
48.02
17.70
7.42
14.25
15.26

Table of Materials Reported by Fred Bond1

Material

Number Tested

Hematite Oolitic
Magnetite
Taconite
Lead ore
Lead-zinc ore
Limestone
Manganese ore
Magnesite
Molybdenum ore
Nickel ore
Oilshale
Phosphate rock
Potash ore
Pyrite ore
Pyrrhotite ore

6
58
55
8
12
72
12
9
6
8
9
17
8
6
3

adjusted from short tons to metric tonnes

Specific Gravity

3.52
3.88
3.54
3.45
3.54
2.65
3.53
3.06
2.70
3.28
1.84
2.74
2.40
4.06
4.04

Work Index (kWh/t)

12.49
10.99
16.09
12.93
11.65
13.82
13.45
12.27
14.11
15.05
17.46
10.93
8.87
9.84
10.55

Table of Materials Reported by Fred Bond1

Material

Number Tested

Quartzite
Quartz
Rutile ore
Shale
Silica sand
Silicon carbide
Slag
Slate
Sodium silicate
Spodumene ore
Syenite
Tin ore
Titanium ore
Trap rock
Zinc ore

8
13
4
9
5
3
12
2
3
3
3
8
14
17
12

adjusted from short tons to metric tonnes

Specific Gravity

2.68
2.65
2.80
2.63
2.67
2.75
2.83
2.57
2.10
2.79
2.73
3.95
4.01
2.87
3.64

Work Index (kWh/t)

10.56
14.96
13.98
17.49
15.54
28.52
10.35
15.76
14.88
11.43
14.47
12.02
13.59
21.30
12.74

From: SME Handbook of

Mineral Processing, N.L.
Weiss Editor, NY 1985.,
Page 30-71 , Sampling and Testing Characterization of Test Samples

From the: G.C. Lowrison,

Crushing and Grinding in
Chapter 4 Energy Consumed in the
Comminution Process, page 53,
Butterworths, 1974, London

Approximate energy consumption in comminution, kWh/t (after Bond)