Flow Enhancement of Mineral Pastes to Increase Water Recovery in Tailings: A Matlab-Based Imaging Processing Tool

Table 1

Slump test without sulfuric acid, cylinder.

Length (cm)	Real length (cm)	Ratio L/C	Time (s)	Real length increase	Spread velocity (cm/s)
4.74	20.00	1.00	0	0	0
5.50	23.21	1.16	0.13	3.21	24.05
7.30	30.80	1.54	0.30	10.80	36.01
8.15	34.39	1.72	0.47	14.39	30.83
9.40	39.66	1.98	0.63	19.66	31.05
10.10	42.62	2.13	0.80	22.62	28.27
10.98	46.33	2.32	0.97	26.33	27.24
11.36	47.93	2.40	1.13	27.93	24.65
11.80	49.79	2.49	1.30	29.79	22.91
12.40	52.32	2.62	1.47	32.32	22.04
12.62	53.25	2.66	1.63	33.25	20.36
12.80	54.01	2.70	1.80	34.01	18.89
13.10	55.27	2.76	1.97	35.27	17.94