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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Effect of ball size 29 Empirical approaches 29 Probabilistic approaches 33 Abnormal breakage 36 Effect of ball mixture 37 Ball size distribution in tumbling mills 37 Milling performance of a ball size distribution 40 Summary 41 Chapter 3 Experimental equipment and programme 43
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