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Sedimentation and Elutration PDF
Sedimentation and Elutration PDF
Sedimentation and Elutration PDF
Sub-sieve techniques
Sieving is rarely carried out on a routine basis for
Sedimentation
The removal of suspended solid particles from a liquid
Sedimentation methods
Sedimentation
Beaker decantation
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The time required for a 10 m particle to settle
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However, a fraction of the -10 m material, which
commenced settling
From various levels below the water level, will also be present
in the material below the syphon level
In order to recover these particles, the pulp remaining must be
diluted with water to the original level
The procedure repeated until the decant liquor is essentially
clear
The settled material can be treated in a similar manner at larger
separating sizes, i.e. at shorter decanting times, until a
sufficient number of fractions is obtained
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Advantages
The method is simple and cheap
This methods has the advantage over many other sub-
Elutriation techniques
Elutriation is a process of sizing particles by means of an
Elutriation
Simple elutriator
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Advantages
The number of volume changes required is far less in
size distribution
It is a particle frequency distribution that shows the percentage
of particles found in
each size range
The mode represents the value that
occurs most frequently in a
distribution
In particle size distributions, the
mode is the particle diameter that
occurs most frequently