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The Influence of Size Distribution on the Bulk Density of Uniformly Packed Glass Particles
Author(s) -
Staple W. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1975.03615995003900030017x
Subject(s) - materials science , sphere packing , packed bed , binary number , bulk density , composite material , mineralogy , chromatography , chemistry , mathematics , soil science , geology , arithmetic , soil water
The theory of Westman and Hugill was used to predict the bulk density of uniformly packed mixtures of different sizes of glass beads. The density of packing depended on the number, the concentration, and the diameter ratio of the size components making up the mixture. Agreement between theory and experiment was good for binary mixtures but became less precise as the number of size components increased.