 massidi

i
D( 4 3 ) 
 massi
i

mass ith is the mass of the ith particle and d ith is the diameter of the ith particle

If you assume homogeneous density (ρ(particle) ) within the particles then

 i
4 3
mass  ρ  π d
i particle 3

 di
4

i
D( 4 3 ) 

 di
3

Now you can see where the nomenclature (4,3) comes from