PARTICLE

CHARACTERIZATION
Particle Technology

SPHERICITY, S

TOTAL VOLUME OF SAMPLE,

Vtotal
In a sample of mass (m) and bulk
density (p)
Uniform particle size Dp

Vtotal

TOTAL NUMBER OF
PARTICLES, N
Total Number of Particles = Vtotal /
Vparticle
Total Number of Particles (N) = (m/p)

/ Vp

SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA, Aw

Aw

VOLUME-SURFACE MEAN DIAMETER,

DS

Ds

ARITHMETIC MEAN DIAMETER

DN

DN

MASS MEAN DIAMETER, DW

Dw

VOLUME MEAN DIAMETER, DV

Dv

SHAPE FACTOR, a

Vp

a = volume shape factor (constant according

to shape)

NUMBER OF PARTICLES IN A
MIXTURE, Nw

Nw

Nw

EXAMPLE PROBLEM 1
Calculate the sphericity of a cylinder
of 1 cm diameter and 3 cm height.

EXAMPLE PROBLEM 2
The screen analysis applies to a
sample of crushed quartz. The
density of quartz is 2,650 kg/m3 and
shape factors are a = 2 and =
0.571. For the material between 4
and 20 mesh. Calculate:
a) Specific surface, mm2/g
b) Ds, Dv, Dw
c) N for particles 150/200