EXPERIMENT #1:

SCREENING
 INTRODUCTION

 Screening involves physical sizing using openings

through which particles will either pass through or
not and therefore is based on geometrical size and
shape only.
 Screen analysis – examination of grain meal by
passing the particles through screens whose
openings gradually decrease in size and by
measuring the amount retained on each screen.
 The amount of material retained on each screen is
expressed as the weight fraction of the total sample.
 OBJECTIVES

1. To perform the dif ferential and cumulative screen analysis

of a given sample.

2. To determine the specific surface, particle population, and

average particle size of a sample mixture by the use of a
screen analysis.
 MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

 Sand sample
 Tyler testing sieve (Standard, with cover and pan)
 Sieve shaker
 Brush
 Weighing balance
 PROCEDURE

1. Arrange the testing sieves properly according to decreasing

aperture and rest on a sieve shaker.
2. Place the weighed amount of a sand sample on the topmost
sieve.
3. Turn on the sieve shaker and allow the separation of
dif ferent fractions.
4. Brush the remaining sand sample on each sieve and weigh
using a weighing balance and record the results.