Research Article

Analysis of the Sedimentation Characteristics of Ultrafine Tailings Based on an Orthogonal Experiment

Table 3

Orthogonal experimental design.

No.Polyacrylamide (‰)Polyaluminum chloride (‰)Polyaluminum sulfate (‰)Polyferric sulfate (‰)

120.050.50.5
220.111
320.151.51.5
430.0511.5
530.11.50.5
630.150.51
740.051.51
840.10.51.5
940.1510.5

The dosage is the mass percentage of ultrafine tailings slurry, and the concentration of ultrafine tailings slurry is 30%.