Sieve-Analysis

1. How To Perform a Test Sieve Analysis -

W.S. Tyler Test Sieves.mp4
 Limitation of Sieve-Analysis
• For coarse material, sizes that range down to 100-mesh
(150 µm), a sieve analysis and particle size distribution is
accurate and consistent

• However, the material that is finer than 100-mesh, dry-

sieving can be significantly less accurate.
– Because high mechanical energy required to make fine particles
pass through an opening due to the surface-attraction effects
between the particles themselves and between particles and
screens.

• Wet-sieve analysis can be used where the material

analyzed is not affected by liquid except to disperse it.
Suspending the particles in a suitable liquid transports fine
material through the sieve much efficiently than shaking
the dry material. (2. Wet Sieve Analysis Unit.mp4)
 Sub-Sieve Range Analysis
(Size measurement with fine particles)
• Wet-screen analysis can be used for diameters
down to 10 µm.

• Particles finer than 10 µm can be measured by

– Optical microscope (1 – 100 µm)
– Gravity sedimentation
– Coulter counter (a device measure changes in the
resistivity of an electrolyte as it carries the particles
one by one through a small orifice)
– Light scattering techniques (useful with even
– Centrifuges/Ultracentrifuges finer particles)