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A radioisotopic tracer method for measurement of solids concentration in a settling bed of solids
Author(s) -
Watson J. S.,
Brown C. H.,
Byers C. H.,
Clinton S. D.,
Perona J. J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690320205
Subject(s) - settling , sedimentation , tracer , particulates , suspended solids , chemistry , ion exchange , mineralogy , ion , geology , environmental science , sediment , environmental engineering , physics , organic chemistry , paleontology , wastewater , nuclear physics
A new and improved radiotracer technique provides information on both the particulate concentration and the movement during sedimentation of monodispersed and binary mixtures. In studies of sedimentation with 44 and 62 μm ion exchange particles, several solids concentrations, three fluid viscosities, and three mixtures with different ratios of the two size particles, the results all lie close to a correlation proposed by Richardson and Zaki.