Before revision: and Napier-Munn, T.J, Wills' Mineral Processing Technology: an introduction to the practical aspects of ore treatment and mineral recovery, , Seventh Edition (2006), Elsevier, Great Britain where is the solids fraction of the slurry (state by mass) is the solids density is the slurry density is the liquid density In aqueous slurries, as is common in mineral processing, the specific gravity of the species is typically used, and since is taken to be 1, this relation is typically written: even though specific gravity with units tonnes/m3 (t/m3) is used instead of the SI density unit, kg/m3.
After revision: specific gravity of waterand Napier-Munn, T.J, Wills' Mineral Processing Technology: an introduction to the practical aspects of ore treatment and mineral recovery, , Seventh Edition (2006), Elsevier, Great Britain where is the solids fraction of the slurry (state by mass) is the solids density is the slurry density is the liquid density In aqueous slurries, as is common in mineral processing, the specific gravity of the species is typically used, and since is taken to be 1, this relation is typically written: even though specific gravity with units tonnes/m3 (t/m3) is used instead of the SI density unit, kg/m3.