INSTRUCTION: Provide the solution for the given question.

1. Two very small silica particles are settling at their respective terminal velocities
through a highly viscous oil column. If one particle is twice as large as the other, the
larger particle will take __ the time taken by the smallest particle to fall through the
same height.
2. A mixture of silica particles ranging in size from 65 mesh to 150 mesh is thrown to a
very deep body of fresh water (without tides or turbulence). How far will the largest
particle be, in feet, from the smallest particle after 5 min? The temperature of water is
300C.

3. What is the settling time [sec] for galena particles to settle under free settling
conditions through 5 ft of water at 500F? Galena is spherical in shape with diameter of
0.01 inch diameter.

4. Drops of oil 15 microns in diameter are to be settled from their mixture with air. The
specific gravity of the oil is 0.90, and the air is at 700F and 1 atm and a settling time of 1
min is available. How high (in ft) should the chamber be to allow settling of these
particles?

5. Two spherical particles have the same outer diameter but are made of different
materials. The first one (with material density ρ1) is solid, whereas the second (with
material density ρ2) is a hollow sphere with the inner shell diameter equal to half the
outer diameter. If both the spheres have the same terminal velocity in any fluid, then
the ratio of their material densities, ρ1 / ρ2 , is