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Solids Particles characterization: Size,

diameters, roundness & sphericity
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Engineering Faculty
Chemical & Environmental Engineering Dpt.

Abstract (The abstract should not exceed 250 words).

Index Terms—At least four keywords or phrases in alphabetical order:

I. INTRODUCTION1
(Something about the importance of particles size, about
100 words; please cite as possible)

A. About the characterization of solid particles in

chemical engineering.

B. Description of the particle selected for this case.

1 Corresponding author:
 II. PROCEDURES FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF A SOLID
PARTICLE Sphericity could be expressed as

A. Types of diameters: measuring (2)

A. Roundness

.
For this case, the roundness expression ares

(3a)
.
B. Types of diameters: drawing

(3b)

III. RESULTS
For projected diameter, the shapes obtained are depicted in
figure 1.

C. Types of diameters: Equivalent diameter

For an assumed spherical particle, equivalent diameter

could be expressed as:

(1)

D. Sphericity

Fig. 1. Projected diameters for the selected solid particle.

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Finally, our results are summarized in table 1.

Symbol Type of measurement Average value/units

IV. RESULTS ANALYSIS

V. CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

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