Slurry

Examples

• Cement slurry, a mixture of cement, water, and assorted dry and liquid additives used in the petroleum and other industries
• Soil/cement slurry, also called Controlled Low-Strength Material, flowable fill, controlled density fill, flowable mortar, plastic soil-cement, K-Krete, and other names
• A mixture of thickening agent, oxidizers, and water used to form a gel explosive
• A mixture of pyroclastic material, rocky debris, and water produced in a volcanic eruption and known as a lahar
• A mixture of bentonite and water used to make slurry walls
• Coal slurry, a mixture of coal waste and water, or crushed coal and water
• Slurry oil, the highest boiling fraction distilled from the effluent of an FCC unit in an oil refinery. It contains large amount of catalyst, in form of sediments hence the denomination of slurry.
• A mixture of wood pulp and water used to make paper
• Manure slurry, a mixture of animal waste, organic matter, and sometimes water often known simply as "slurry" in agricultural use, used as fertilizer after ageing in a slurry pit
• Meat slurry, a mixture of finely ground meat and water, centrifugally dewatered and used as food
• An abrasive substance used in chemical-mechanical polishing
• Slurry ice, a mixture of ice crystals, freezing point depressant, and water
• A mixture of raw materials and water involved in the rawmill manufacture of Portland cement
• A mixture of minerals, water, and additives used in the manufacture of ceramics
• A bolus of chewed food mixed with saliva
• A mixture of epoxy glue and glass microspheres used as a filler compound around core materials in sandwich-structured composite airframes.

  Calculations

Determining solids fraction

Liquid mass from mass fraction of solids

Volumetric fraction from mass fraction