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Centrifugal Pumps Design and Application 2nd ed - Val S. Lobanoff, Robert R. Ross (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)

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Slurry <strong>Pumps</strong> 227<br />

An approximate comparison of hardness values of common ores <strong>and</strong><br />

minerals is given in Figure 13-1.<br />

Wherever possible, the hardness of the pump liquid end metal components<br />

should exce<strong>ed</strong> the particle hardness. It should be not<strong>ed</strong> that the<br />

measurement of hardness is not the only criteria <strong>and</strong> that the structure of<br />

the metal material itself has to be consider<strong>ed</strong>. An example of this is the<br />

Figure 13-1. Approximate comparison of hardness values of common ores <strong>and</strong><br />

minerals.

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