Assignment for Particle Technology (CHE572)

24 March 2014

PART I
You are given a mass distribution of particles as in Table 1. The particle density is 2500 kg/m3.
Size range
(m)
Feed size
analysis, (g)

0-5

5-10

10-15

15-20

20-25

25-30

10

15

25

30

15

1) Calculate the average particle size from the above data.

2) What is the quadratic mean of the above data.
3) If the fine particles of 300 nm are prepared in the colloid form (in water), estimate the
amount of time of the suspensions that will remain stable at room temperature (300 K).