An experimental study of intimate mixing of solid particles

✍ Scribed by R. Shinnar; A. Kattan; I. Steg

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1963
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 569 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2509
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(63)85038-1

✦ Synopsis

The shortest distance test described in a previous publication has been applied to evaluate the randomness of solid-solid mixtures. Mixtures for evaluation were prepared by combining sieved coloured and white fractions of ceramic powders, The possibility of obtaining complete randomness was investigated for both, adrymixing process using aV-blender,as well as for awet process employing an anchor type agitator.

The results demonstrate the practical feasibility and usefulness of the shortest distance test. Mixing time in the V-blender was found to depend strongly on particle sire, whereas in the wet mixing experiment particle size was not an important factor. The results are of interest in the study of solid-solid mixing processes, whenever intimate mixing is essential.