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Swelling Index Test Results of Pellets - PP3 - 14th Mar 2022
Swelling Index Test Results of Pellets - PP3 - 14th Mar 2022
Test results: The swelling index test values are shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Swelling index of fired pellets
Table 2 shows the chemical analysis of the fired pellets used for swelling index test.
Table 2: Chemical analysis of fired pellets, wt.%
Sl. No. Sample ID Fe(T) SiO2 Al2O3 CaO MgO MnO TiO2 P S FeO
1 PP3_14th Mar 2022 59.58 6.64 3.80 2.03 0.61 1.05 0.21 0.05 0.01 0.71
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R&D and SS Department
Scientific Services Report
Remark: The swelling index value for the pellets should be less than 20%. It is
reported in literature that the good quality pellets should have swelling index (SI) in
the range of 14-17%.