Essay of resistance to breakage.

In this essay, the quality of the support agent is determined by evaluating the percentage amount
that breaks when it comes to a confining pressure. The sieved sample is placed inside a piston and
is in different loads, measuring the percentages of rotation that pass through the finest sieve of the
selected mesh. When a sand is a compression activity, the rotation of the part of the grains, the
smaller particles and the indefinite form occurs. This effect is undesirable. The degree of rotation
depends on the applied stress, the geometry of the sand, the contact surface and the granulometry.
This essay is useful to determine and compare the resistance to rotation of the support agents. The
analysis of the results leads to the maximum stress which can be absorbed or support agent when
limited to fracture the well.

The tool set consists of a hydraulic press (capable of applying the necessary load for certain pressure
levels) and a cell (whose material corresponds to an alloy steel 4340) with certain hardness values.
The other materials include a sample divider, sieves, sieve, balance and timer. The regulations in
force determine that the pressure at which the support agent does not exceed 10% of rupture once
tested must be reported.