Effect of moisture content on the permeability of tailing sand samples gathered from ex tin mines in Perak state Malaysia

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Azhar, Sulaiman, Shamsuddin, Baharudin, B. T. Hang Tuah, Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar, Vijayaram, Thoguluva Raghavan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22768/1/Effect%20of%20moisture%20content%20on%20the%20permeability%20of%20tailing%20sand%20samples%20gathered%20from%20ex%20tin%20mines%20in%20Perak%20state%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22768/; https://www.scientific.net/AMM.66-68.1384

Tailing sand is one of the residue minerals obtained after tin extraction. It contains silica in between 94% and 99.5% and available in abundance at the Kinta Valley, Perak State, Malaysia. Permeability is one of the important molding sand properties and considered much in the sand casting mold prep...