ABSTRACT

SIEVING OR SCREENING IS A METHOD OF SEPARATING GRANULAR SOLIDS

INTO TWO OR MORE SIZE PORTIONS. THE MORE EXTENSIVE MATERIALS
ARE TRAPPED ABOVE THE SCREEN, WHILE SMALLER MATERIALS CAN PASS
THROUGH THE SCREEN. THE SCREEN SIZE OR MESH NEEDED FOR THE
COMPUTATION OF PARTICLE SIZE MUST BE CONFIRMED, THE LOWEST
BEING THE TOP WHILE THE HIGHEST AT THE BOTTOM. THE SIEVING
ANALYSIS IS USED TO ASSURE THE QUALITY AND DETERMINE THE GRADING
DISPERSION OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE SIZES ACROSS THE ENTIRE SAMPLE.
IN THE EXPERIMENT, THE CRUSHED CHALK MATERIAL IS WEIGHED AND IT
IS SCREENED THROUGH A SERIES OF SIEVES WITH SCREEN MESH NUMBERS
8, 14, 25, AND 35 WHICH ARE ARRANGED IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE SIZE
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. THE MATERIAL RETAINED ON EACH OF THE SIEVES
IS WEIGHED. THE MESH WITH THE LARGEST OPENING HAS THE HIGHEST
AMOUNT OF MASS FRACTION RETAINED.
Keywords: Screening, Particle size, Mesh number, Siev Analysis