Physical properties of the quartz LBS
| Description | Particle size | Packing | Particle shape | Mohs hardness | Inter-particle friction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size range: mm | Cu | Cc | ρs | emin | emax | Roundness | Sphericity | Roughness | ϕμ | ||||||
| Ra: μm | Rq: μm | Rz: μm | |||||||||||||
| Leighton Buzzard sand | |||||||||||||||
| LBS 5/8 | 2·00–3·35 | 1·344 | 0·964 | 2·682 | 1·580 | 1·760 | 0·524 | 0·698 | 0·18–0·73 (mean = 0·48) | 0·36–0·86 (mean = 0·63) | 0·25–10·56 (mean = 1·70) | 0·32–12·89 (mean = 2·37) | 1·24–44·68 (mean = 8·29) | 6·0–7·0 | 20°–23° (Cavarretta et al., 2011) |
| LBS 8/16 | 1·00–2·00 | 1·787 | 1·158 | 2·670 | 1·530 | 1·724 | 0·548 | 0·744 | |||||||
| LBS 14/25 | 0·6–1·18 | 1·462 | 0·935 | 2·653 | 1·504 | 1·720 | 0·542 | 0·764 | |||||||
| LBS 2EW | 0·25–0·71 | 1·656 | 1·090 | 2·761 | 1·551 | 1·773 | 0·558 | 0·781 | |||||||
| LBS Combined | 0·25–3·35 | 3·11 | 0·89 | 2·691 | 1·664 | 1·803 | 0·492 | 0·617 | |||||||
| Description | Particle size | Packing | Particle shape | Mohs hardness | Inter-particle friction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size range: mm | Roundness | Sphericity | Roughness | ||||||||||||
| Leighton Buzzard sand | |||||||||||||||
| LBS 5/8 | 2·00–3·35 | 1·344 | 0·964 | 2·682 | 1·580 | 1·760 | 0·524 | 0·698 | 0·18–0·73 (mean = 0·48) | 0·36–0·86 (mean = 0·63) | 0·25–10·56 (mean = 1·70) | 0·32–12·89 (mean = 2·37) | 1·24–44·68 (mean = 8·29) | 6·0–7·0 | 20°–23° |
| LBS 8/16 | 1·00–2·00 | 1·787 | 1·158 | 2·670 | 1·530 | 1·724 | 0·548 | 0·744 | |||||||
| LBS 14/25 | 0·6–1·18 | 1·462 | 0·935 | 2·653 | 1·504 | 1·720 | 0·542 | 0·764 | |||||||
| LBS 2EW | 0·25–0·71 | 1·656 | 1·090 | 2·761 | 1·551 | 1·773 | 0·558 | 0·781 | |||||||
| LBS Combined | 0·25–3·35 | 3·11 | 0·89 | 2·691 | 1·664 | 1·803 | 0·492 | 0·617 | |||||||