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	ดัชนีภาระงานของบอนด์	เมธอด McCabe-Thiele
สาขาวิชา	วิศวกรรมเหมืองแร่	วิศวกรรมเหมืองแร่
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1952	1925
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Fred C. Bond	Warren L. McCabe and Ernest W. Thiele
ประเภท	Empirical method for grinding energy estimation	Graphical design method for distillation columns
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Bond, F. C. (1952). The third theory of comminution. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 193, 484-494.	McCabe, W. L., & Thiele, E. W. (1925). Graphical design of fractionating columns. Transactions of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 21, 30-60.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	Bond Work Index, BWI, Bond Index Test	McCabe-Thiele Diagram, Graphical Distillation Method
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	3	3
สรุป	The Bond Work Index, introduced by Fred C. Bond in 1952, is an empirical parameter that characterizes the resistance of an ore to grinding in a tumbling mill. It is defined as the kilowatt-hours per short ton (kWh/st) of electrical energy required to reduce a coarse ore from theoretically infinite size to 80% passing 100 micrometers. The Bond Index is foundational in mineral processing plant design and cost estimation worldwide.	The McCabe-Thiele Method, introduced by Warren L. McCabe and Ernest W. Thiele in 1925, is a graphical technique for designing and analyzing distillation columns. It predicts the number of theoretical plates (stages) needed to achieve a desired separation between light and heavy components. While primarily a chemical engineering tool, it applies to liquid-vapor separation problems in mining operations such as mercury recovery and rare earth element refining.