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Mining Engineering · Q7

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Engineering and GATE · Mining Engineering · question 7

Q7

In a room-and-pillar stope, bench blasting is conducted using ANFO having density of 800 kg/m3. The specific gravity of rock is 2.5, hole diameter is 100 mm and spacing to burden ratio is 1.3. The charge length of each blast hole is 80% of the hole length. For a desired powder factor of 0.48 kg/tonne, the spacing and burden of the blast pattern in m respectively are

A.
2.0, 2.6
B.
2.3, 1.8
Answer
C.
5.2, 4.0
D.
1.3, 1.0

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
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