Sieving of granular particles:

spreadsheet for data tabulation and graphycal representation

Originally prepared by Stefano Pizzolorusso on 10.10.2010 within of the corporate internship at MAGALDI
INDUSTRIE Srl Salerno - Revision 1.6 on 03.11.2016 by M. Miccio and Evelina Riianova.

Obiective
Worksheet for particle size analysis, aimed at evaluating some of the characteristic quantities of a granular size
particle distribution subjected to sieving. A side objective is the graphic representation of the differential and
cumulative distributions undersize sieving along the path (divided into more granulometric levels).

Note
The user must give as input data (see pink fields in Worksheet):
1. the number of such levels (the Worksheet self adijusts itself)
2. the mesh openings of the sieves
3. the percentages (by mass) of the retained material along the different levels.

Data input
Number of particle size intervals (max 10)

sieve mesh opening (μm) Granulometric Oversize retained solid (% by mass)

levels
1

10

file size_distrubution.xmcd agg.to a 17.11.16 (data di stampa)

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Control variable that allows you to verify that the sum of the
Verifica  "OK"
percentages is equal to 100

Average Diameters

Dia_estr  500  μm Arithmetic mean between the extreme diameters

Arithmetical mean of the average diameters

Dia_ar  500  μm

Σwd
Dia_p  200  μm Diameter of the volumetric average, defined as:
Σw
Σw
Dia_sauter  123.723  μm Sauter diameter, defined as:  w
Σ 
d
where "d" is meant the average grain size of the opening level and
"w" is the percentage oversize

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Size distribution diagrams

Weight percentage retained at each level

80
distribution histogram

60
%

40

20

0
0 200 400 600 800 1000

d, micron

Cumulative percentage undersize

100

80

60
%

40

20
cumulative distribution
0
0 200 400 600 800 1000

d, micron

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