4/13/22, 2:57 PM Trajectories: Material Characteristics

Material Characteristics
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R = Angle of repose

S = angle of surcharge

C = recommended max. conveyor slope

DENSITY DEGREES
MATERIAL CLASS
kg/m3 R S C
Alum, fine 720 - 800 30 - 45 25 23 B35
Alum, lumpy 800 - 960 35 - 45 25 23 D35
Alumina 800 - 11340 22 5 10 - 14 B27M
Aluminium hydrate 290 34 25 20 - 24 C35
Aluminium sulphate 865 32 10 17 C25
Ammonium chloride, crystalline 720 - 830 28 10 10 B25S
Ammonium nitrate 720 40 25 23 C36NUS
Ammonium sulphate (granular) 720 - 930 28 10 10 C26S
Asbestos ore or rock 1300   10 20 D27R
Asbestos shred 320 - 400 45 30 30 E46XY
Ash, black, ground 1680 32   17 B35
Ashes, coal, dry 560 - 640 40 25 20 - 25 C46TY
Ashes, coal, wet 720 - 800 50 25 23 - 27 C46T
Ashes, fly 640 - 720 42 30 20 - 25 A47
Ashes, gas - producer, wet 1250   30   D47T
Asphalt, binder for paving 1280 - 1360   30 30 C45
Asphalt, crushed, 720     30 C35
Bagasse 110 - 160   30 30 E45Y
Baking powder 640 - 880   10 18 A25
Bark, wood, refuse 160 - 320 45 30 27 E46Y
Barley 610 23 10 10 - 15 B15N
Barytes, powdered 1920 - 2240   10 15 B26
Bauxite, crushed 1200 - 1360 30 20 20 D37
Bauxite, ground, dry 1090 35 20 30 B26
Bauxite, mine run 1280 - 1440 31 20 17 D37
Beans, dry 770   5 5 Cl5
Bentonite, crude 560 - 640   30 27 D46X
Bentonite, under 100 mesh 800 - 960   10 20 A26XY
Bonemeal 880 - 960   20 25 B36
Borax, 40 - 75 mm lumps 960 - 1040   25 27 D36
Borax, 12 mm screenings 880 - 960   20 20 C36
Borax, fine 720 - 880   10 20 - 22 B26T
Brewers grain, spent, dry 320 - 480   30 27 C45
Brewers grain, spent, wet 880 - 960   30 27 C45T
Brick, hard 2000   30 27 D47Z
Brick, soft 1600   30 27 D47
Carbon black, pelletized 320 - 400   5 5 B15Q
Carborundum, under 75 mm 1600   10 15 D27
Cement, Portland 1500 39 25 20 - 23 A26M
Cement, Portland, aerated 960 - 1200   5 10 A16M
Cement clinker 1200 - 1520 30 - 40 25 18 - 20 D37
Chalk, lumpy 1200 - 1360   10 15 D26
Chalk, under 100 mesh 1040 - 1200   25 28 A46NXY
Charcoal 290 - 400 35 25 20 - 25 D36Q
Chips, paper mill 320 - 400   30 27 E45
Chips, paper mill, softwood 190 - 480   30 27 E45
Chips, hogged, fuel 240 - 400   30 27 E45W

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Chrome ore (Chromite) 200 - 2240   10 17 D27
Cinders, blast furnace 910 35 20 18 - 20 D37T
Cinders, coal 640 35 20 20 D37T
Clay, calcined 1280 - 1600   25 20 - 22 B37
Clay, dry, fines 1600 - 1920 35 20 20 - 22 C37
Clay, dry, lumpy 960 - 1200 35 20 18 - 20 D36
Clover seed 770 28 10 15 B25N
Coal, anthracite, under 3 mm 960 35 20 18 B35TY
Coal, anthracite, sized 880 - 960 27 10 16 C26
Coal, bituminous, mined under 50 mesh 800 - 865 45 30 24 B45T
Coal, bituminous, mined and sized 720 - 880 35 25 16 D35T
Coal, bituminous, mined, run of mine 720 - 880 38 25 18 D35T
Coal, bituminous, mined, slack 690 800 40 25 22 C45T
Coal, bituminous, stripping, uncleaned 800 - 960   20 22 D26T
Coal, Lignite 640 - 720 38 25 22 D36T
Coke Breeze, under 6 mm 400 - 560 30 - 4 10 20 - 22 C37Y
Coke, loose 370 - 560   30 18 D47QVT
Coke, petroleum calcined 560 - 720   10 20 D36
Concrete wet 1760 - 2400   10 24 - 26 D26
Concrete, in place, stone 2080 - 2400   25 20 D37
Copper ore 1920 - 2400   20 20 D27
Copper ore, crushed 1600 - 2400   20 20 D27
Copper sulphate 1200 - 1360 31 20 17 D35
Corn, ear 900   25 18 C25N
Corn, shelled 720 21 10 10 C25NW
Cornmeal 610 - 640 35 20 22 B35W
Cryolite, lumpy 1440 - 1600   20 20 D36
Gullet 1280 - 1920   20 20 D37Z
Dolomite, lumpy 1440 - 4600   20 22 D26
Earth, as excavated - dry 1120 - 1280 35 25 20 B36
Earth, wet, containing clay 1600 - 1760 45 30 23 B46
Feldspar, 12 mm screenings 1120 - 1360 38 25 18 B36
Feldspar, 40 - 75 mm lumps 1440 - 1760 34 20 17 D36
Feldspar, 200 Mesh 1600   20 17 A36
Flour, wheat 35 - 40     21 A45PN
Fluorspar, 12 mm screenings 1360 - 1680   30 20 C46
Fluorspar, 40 - 75 mm lumps 1760 - 1920   30 27 D46
Foundry refuse, old sand cores, etc. 1120 - 1600   25 20 D37Z
Fullers earth, dry 480 - 560 23 10 15 B26
Fullers earth, oily 960 - 1040   20 20 B26
Fullers earth, oil filter, burned 640   10 15 B26
Fullers earth, oil filter, raw 560 - 640 35 25 20 B26
Glass batch 1280 - 1600   10 20 - 22 D27Z
Granite, 12 mm screenings 1280 - 1440   10 18 C27
Granite lumps 40 - 75 mm 1360 - 1440   20 18 D27
Granite, broken 1520 - 1600   20 20 D27
Graphite, flake 640   5 5 C25
Gravel, bank run 1440 - 1600 38 25 20 D26
Gravel, dry sharp 1440 - 1600 40 25 20 D27
Gravel, pebbles 1440 - 1600 30 10 12 D36
Gypsum, dust, non-aerated 1490   20 20 A36
Gypsum, dust, aerated 960 - 1120 42 25 23 A36Y
Gypsum, 12 mm screening 1120 - 1280 40 25 21 C36
Gypsum, lumps 40 - 75 mm l1201280 30 20 15 D26
Ice, crushed 560 - 720   5 5 D16
Iron ore 1600 - 3200 35 25 18 - 20 D36
Iron ore, crushed 2160 - 2400   20 20 - 22 C26
Iron ore, pellets 1840 - 2080   20 13 - 15 D36

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Iron oxide, pigment 400 40 25 25 A45
Kaolin clay, under 75 mm 1010 35 20 19 D36
Kaolin talc, 100 mesh 670 - 900 45 30 23 A46Y
Lead ores 3200 - 4320 30 20 15 B36RT
Lead oxides 960 - 2400   30 20 B53
Lignite, air dried 720 - 880   20 20 D25
Lime, ground, under 3 mm 960 - 1040 43 30 23 B45X
Lime hydrated, under 3 mm 640 40 25 21 B3SMX
Lime hydrated, pulverized 510 - 640 42 30 22 A35MXY
Lime, pebble 850 - 900 30 20 17 D35
Limestone, agricultural, under 3 mm 1090   10 20 B26
Limestone, crushed 1360 - 1440 38 25 18 C26X
Limestone, dust 1280 - 1360   30 20 A46MY
Limestone, rock 1600 - 1760   25 19 D36
Magnesium chloride 530   30 25 C46
Magnesium sulphate 1120   10 15 C25
Manganese ore 2000 - 2240 39 25 20 D37
Manganese sulphate 1120   10 15 C27
Marble, crushed, under 12 mm 1280 - 1520   10 15 D27
Marl 1280   25 20 C27
Mica, flakes 270 - 350   5 5 BW4Y
Mica, ground 210 - 240 34 20 23 B36
Mica, pulverized 210 - 240   10 15 A26MY
Molybdenite ore 1710   20 20 D36
Molybdenite, powdered 1710 40 25 25 B25
Mortar, wet 2400   10 20 - 22 B46T
Nickel - cobalt sulphate ore 1280 - 2400   20 22 D27T
Peas, dried 720 - 800   5 8 C15NQ
Phosphate, acid, fertilizer 960 26 10 13 B25T
Phosphate sand, wet 1680   20 16 - 18 B47
Phosphate triple super, fertilizer 800 - 880 45 30 30 B45T
Phosphate rock, broken, dry 1200 - 1360 25 - 30 10 12 - 15 D26
Phosphate rock, pulverized 960 40 25 25 B36
Potash, ore 1200 - 1360   20 12 - 15 D36
Pumice, under 3 mm 640 - 720   30 25 B47
Pyrites, iron, lumps 2160 - 2320   20 15 D26T
Pyrites, pellets 1920 - 2080   20 13 - 15 C26T
Quartz, 12 mm screenings 1280 - 1440   20 15 C27Z
Quartz, 40 - 75 mm lumps 1360 - 1520   20 15 D27Z
Rice, hulled or polished 720 - 770 20 10 8 B15
Rock, crushed 2000 - 2320   20 18 D26
Rock, soft, excavated with shovel 1600 - 1760   25 22 D36
Rubber, pelletized 800 - 880 35 25 22 D45
Rubber, reclaim 400 - 480 32 20 18 D45
Salt, common dry, coarse 640 - 880   10 18 - 22 C26TU
Salt, common dry, fine 1120 - 1280 25 10 11 D26
Sand, bank, damp 1760 - 2080 45 30 20 - 22 B47
Sand, bank, dry 1440 - 1760 35 20 16 - 18 B37
Sand, foundry, prepared 1280 - 1440   30 24 B47
Sand, foundry, shakeout 1440 - 1600 39 25 22 D37
Sand, Silica, dry 1440 - 1600   5 10 - 15 B27
Sand, core 1040 41 25 26 B45X
Sandstone, broken 1360 - 1440   20 20 D37
Sawdust 160 - 210 36 25 22 B35
Shale, broken 1440 - 1600   10 18 D26QZ
Shale crushed 1360 - 1440 39 25 22 C36
Sinter 1600 - 2160   10 15 D27
Slag, blast furnace, crushed 1280 - 1440 25 10 10 A27

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Slag, furnace, granular, dry 960 - 1040 25 10 13 - 16 C27
Slag, furnace, granular, wet 1440 - 1600 45 30 20 - 22 B47
Slate, crushed, under 12 mm 1280 - 1440 28 20 15 C26
Slte7lumps 40 - 75mm 1360 - 1520   20 18 D26
Soap beads or granules 240 - .400   10 10 B25Q
Soap chips 240 - 400 30 10 18 C35Q
Soapstone, talc, fine 640 - 800   30 18 A45XY
Soda ash, briquettes 800 22 10 7 C26
Soda ash, heavy 880 - 1040 32 20 19 B36
Soda ash, light 320 - 560 37 25 22 A36Y
Sodium bicarbonate 655 42 30 23 A45Y
Sodium nitrate 1120 - 1280 24 10 11 D25
Sodium aluminium sulphate 1200 31 20 18 C25
Soybeans, whole 720 - 800 21 - 28 10 12 - 16 C26NW
Soybean meal, cold 640 32 - 37 20 16 B35
Starch 400 - 800 24 10 12 B25
Steel trimmings 1200 - 2400 35 25 18 E37V
Sugar, granulated 800 - 880   10 15 B25PQ
Sugar, raw, cane 800 - 1040   25 23 B36TX
Sulphur - lumpy 1200 - 1360   20 20 D25NS
Sulphur - ore 1360 - 1440   25 18 D25NS
Sulphur - powdered 800 - 880   10 23 B25NW
Titanium ore 2240 - 2560   20 20 B27
Titanium sponge 960 - 1120   30 25 E47
Traprock,12 mm screenings 1440 - 1600   20 20 C37
Traprock, lumps 50 - 75 mm 1600 - 1760   20 18 D37
Vermiculite, expanded 255   25 25 C35Y
Vermiculite ore 1120 - 1280   25 20 D36Y
Wheat 720 - 770 28 10 12 C25N
Wood chips 160 - 480   25 27 E45WY
Zinc ore, crushed 2560 38 25 22 D36
Zinc ore, roasted 1760 38 25 25 C36

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