Effects of the Particle Shape and Size on the Single-Particle Breakage Strength

Table 3

Test results of different particle materials.

Number	Author	Material	Particle shape	Crushing strength (MPa)
[1]	Stefanou and Sulem	Rock sugar grain	Realistic grain shape (3 mm < d < 5 mm)	3.76
[2]	Yu et al.	Glass	Angular (0.85 mm < d < 1 mm)	62.1
[3]	Ham et al.	Quartz dry	Angular (1.1 mm < d < 2.0 mm)	23.3
[4]	Koohmishi and Palassi	Ballast	Quasi-spherical (10 mm < d < 14 mm)	37.8
		Basalt	Hexahedron (50 mm < d < 62.5 mm)	9.14
		Marl	Pentahedron (50 mm < d < 62.5 mm)	6.2
		Dolomite	Tetrahedron (50 mm < d < 62.5 mm)	16.89
[5]	Lobo-Guerrero and Vallejo	Biotite gneiss	Angular (4 mm < d < 10 mm)	23.56
[6]	Ovalle et al.	Calcareous rock	Angular (7 mm < d < 15 mm)	3.35