Table 2.
Density of green and cured briquettes produced from different binders.
| % composition | Density (g/cm3) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial | 30 min | 60 min | 120 min | ||
| Pitch | 3 | 1.49 | 1.31 | 1.26 | 1.26 |
| 5 | 1.48 | 1.34 | 1.25 | 1.24 | |
| 10 | 1.48 | 1.37 | 1.25 | 1.21 | |
| 15 | 1.49 | 1.36 | 1.25 | 1.19 | |
| 20 | 1.48 | 1.42 | 1.25 | 1.19 | |
| Molasses | 3 | 1.51 | 1.22 | 1.28 | 1.32 |
| 5 | 1.54 | 1.32 | 1.29 | 1.28 | |
| 10 | 1.55 | 1.32 | 1.33 | 1.29 | |
| 15 | 1.57 | 1.39 | 1.35 | 1.34 | |
| 20 | 1.58 | 1.43 | 1.36 | 1.38 | |
| Starch | 3 | 1.46 | 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.24 |
| 5 | 1.52 | 1.28 | 1.34 | 1.23 | |
| 10 | 1.55 | 1.28 | 1.31 | 1.27 | |
| 15 | 1.56 | 1.32 | 1.34 | 1.34 | |
| 20 | 1.57 | 1.33 | 1.37 | 1.35 | |
| Blended | B1 | 1.43 | - | 1.31 | 1.21 |
| B2 | 1.46 | - | 1.30 | 1.27 | |
| B3 | 1.39 | - | 1.27 | 1.26 | |
| B4 | 1.50 | - | 1.30 | 1.29 | |