Bond work index tables (wi)

from various sources

Prepared by
K. G. Tsakalakis, Professor NTUA
 Table of Materials Reported by Fred Bond1

Specific Gravity
Material Number Tested Work Index (kWh/t)
Ειδικό βάρος
Andesite 6 2.84 20.12
Barite 7 4.50 6.32
Basalt 3 2.91 18.85
Bauxite 4 2.20 9.68
Cement clinker 14 3.15 14.95
Cement (raw) 19 2.67 11.59
Coke 7 1.31 16.73
Copper ore 204 3.02 14.03
Diorite 4 2.82 23.04
Dolomite 5 2.74 12.42
Emery 4 3.48 62.50
Feldspar 8 2.59 11.90
Ferro-chrome 9 6.66 8.42
Ferro-manganese 5 6.32 9.15

1 adjusted from short tons to metric tonnes

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 Table of Materials Reported by Fred Bond1

Specific Gravity
Material Number Tested Work Index (kWh/t)
Ειδικό βάρος
Ferro-silicon 13 4.41 11.03
Flint 5 2.65 28.84
Fluorspar 5 3.01 9.82
Gabbro 4 2.83 20.34
Glass 4 2.58 13.57
Glass 4 2.58 13.57
Gneiss 3 2.71 22.19
Gold ore 197 2.81 16.46
Granite 36 2.66 16.59
Graphite 6 1.75 48.02
Gravel 15 2.66 17.70
Gypsum rock 4 2.69 7.42
Iron ore – hematite 56 3.55 14.25
Hematite-specularite 3 3.28 15.26

1 adjusted from short tons to metric tonnes

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 Table of Materials Reported by Fred Bond1
Specific Gravity
Material Number Tested Work Index (kWh/t)
Ειδικό βάρος
Hematite – Oolitic 6 3.52 12.49
Magnetite 58 3.88 10.99
Taconite 55 3.54 16.09
Lead ore 8 3.45 12.93
Lead-zinc ore 12 3.54 11.65
Limestone 72 2.65 13.82
Manganese ore 12 3.53 13.45
Magnesite 9 3.06 12.27
Molybdenum ore 6 2.70 14.11
Nickel ore 8 3.28 15.05
Oilshale 9 1.84 17.46
Phosphate rock 17 2.74 10.93
Potash ore 8 2.40 8.87
Pyrite ore 6 4.06 9.84
Pyrrhotite ore 3 4.04 10.55

1 adjusted from short tons to metric tonnes

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 Table of Materials Reported by Fred Bond1

Specific Gravity
Material Number Tested Work Index (kWh/t)
Ειδικό βάρος
Quartzite 8 2.68 10.56
Quartz 13 2.65 14.96
Rutile ore 4 2.80 13.98
Shale 9 2.63 17.49
Silica sand 5 2.67 15.54
Silicon carbide 3 2.75 28.52
Slag 12 2.83 10.35
Slate 2 2.57 15.76
Sodium silicate 3 2.10 14.88
Spodumene ore 3 2.79 11.43
Syenite 3 2.73 14.47
Tin ore 8 3.95 12.02
Titanium ore 14 4.01 13.59
Trap rock 17 2.87 21.30
Zinc ore 12 3.64 12.74
1 adjusted from short tons to metric tonnes
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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)