New measurement of particle size distribution by a buoyancy weighing-bar method |
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Authors: | Eiji Obata Mitsuhiro Ohta |
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Affiliation: | Division of Applied Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Muroran, Hokkaido 050-8585, Japan |
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Abstract: | The rates which particles from JIS Test Powders 1, Class 2 (silica sand), Class 3 (silica sand), Class 16 (calcium carbonate, heavy), and JIS Test Powder 2, Class GBM-20 (barium titanate glass) settled out of homogenous suspensions were determined using the principles of the buoyancy weighing-bar method as well as a sedimentation balance. Samples were standardized by Japanese Industrial Standard, and the dispersing agent was NaPP or NaHMP, while the viscosity improver was a starch syrup solution. Although constructing a handmade sedimentation balance is difficult, developing a handmade weighing tool capable of measuring particle size distribution is easy. Herein three weighing-bars, which were composed of aluminum, stainless steel, and copper, were used to measure the particle size distribution. However, an aluminum slit-cylinder occasionally replaced the weighing-bars. The weighing data obtained via an analytical balance were controlled by connecting the balance to a personal computer with an RS-232C interface, and the determined particle size agreed well with the data obtained by Andreasen analyses and the sedimentation balance. |
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Keywords: | Particle size distribution PSD Buoyancy Buoyant mass Sedimentation balance |
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