IS needed, Wi

size
particles
of the
for manufa
nonporous

and
other
procedures

microns.
2 to S microns
cturing smal
manufactu

Examp
Example 8-1 Spray
drying

can
produce
particles
as
small as

spherical
particles of 2 Calcdiam
mi.dculat
of 2microns ulate the
particles ce is+
surface is to
100
nonporous
of external

(2.0 x 1 0 3 0 m
surface area il the
external
What size particles
would be n e c e s s a r y
of the particles
is 2.0 g/cm x10 kg/m
density
(10 m>/kg)? The
unit v o l u m e of aa spherical
alhume of spherical particleg
surface area per
external
SoLUTION The
diameter d, is
nd b

md/6 d,
surlace area, per gram of particles ld be
is pp, the
If the particle density
6
Ppdp
2.0 g/cm*
107 cm) and
=

2 microns (2 x p,
For d, =

6
= 1.5 x 10" cm/g (1.5 x
10 m*/kg)
2 2 xx10-4
S202 104)
Of

S,=1.5 m/g (1.5 x 103 m2/kg)

This is about the largest surface area to be expected for nonporous par.
ticles. If a surface of 100 m/g were required, the spherical particles would
have a diameter of

6 6
d, x 10* cm (0.03 x 10- m)
PpS 2.0(100x 10410.05
or

d, = 0.03 micron

Particles as small as this cannot, at present, be produced economically. It may

be noted that the smaller are
particles found in a fluidized-bed reactol
retained on 400 mesh
screen, which has a sieve of 3/ ons.
opening mi