Influence of grain size upon its falling velocity
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AGH University of Science and Technology
Publication date: 2004-01-01
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Kazimierz St. Sztaba
AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Mineral Processing, Environment Protection and Waste Utilization, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-065 Kraków, Poland
Physicochem. Probl. Miner. Process. 2004;38(1):207-220
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The problem of determining the theoretically justified method of considering the natural shape of mineral grains in the calculations of their motion velocity in liquid media, especially their falling under the influence of the external mass force, in particular the force of gravity, has not been successfully solved so far. The presented paper shows a possibility of increasing the accuracy of calculations of this velocity with the use of the well-known formulas, discussed in the paper introduction, by means of the appropriate introduction of two different grain shape coefficients into them.