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Mean Particle Diameters. Part I: Evaluation of definition systems
Author(s) -
Alderliesten Maarten
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.19900070138
Subject(s) - notation , confusion , standardization , moment (physics) , particle (ecology) , particulates , nomenclature , mathematics , computer science , chemistry , physics , arithmetic , psychology , classical mechanics , organic chemistry , taxonomy (biology) , oceanography , botany , psychoanalysis , biology , geology , operating system
Mean particle diameters are important for the science of particulate systems because they provide information on particlesize distributions in such a way that they can be related to physical or physiological processes or product properties. There are different notation systems for such mean diameters which may cause much confusion. This equally applies to their nomenclature. The present paper is concerned with comments on the “Moment‐Ratio” and German (DIN) notations. The Moment‐Ratio notation is recommended for standardization. A more extensive contribution of statistics to the science of particulate systems is recommended.