Table 1: Dimensions of the sieves used.

Opening
Sieve size (µm)
Sieve 1 74
Sieve 1 125
Sieve 1 212
Sieve 1 300

Table2
Weight in weight in sieve weight in sieve weight in sieve 3, weight in sieve
time,t (min) pan, w (g) 1, w1 (g) 2, w2 (g) w3 (g) 4, w4 (g)
5 1.51 12.7 58.69 9.71 3.41
10 1.67 14.34 57.96 8.67 3.38
15 1.79 14.79 57.77 8.29 3.38
20 1.8 15.24 57.62 8.08 3.38
25 1.93 15.31 57.92 7.57 3.38
30 1.99 15.48 58.12 7.25 3.37
35 2.01 15.6 57.9 7.17 3.34

Table 3
Weight fraction, ξ
time,t(min) pan Sieve 1 Sieve 2 Sieve 3 Sieve 4
4 0.01755 0.14764 0.68228 0.11288 0.03964
8 0.01941 0.16671 0.67380 0.10079 0.03929
12 0.02081 0.17194 0.67159 0.09637 0.03929
16 0.02093 0.17717 0.66984 0.09393 0.03929
20 0.02244 0.17798 0.67333 0.08800 0.03929
24 0.02313 0.17996 0.67566 0.08428 0.03918
28 0.02337 0.18135 0.67310 0.08335 0.03883
Table 4: Values for rosin rammler curve.
x(µm) x avg Q3 ln(x) ln(ln(1/1-Q3))
0 0
0 to 74 37 0.000231342 3.610917913 -8.371499693
74 to 125 99.5 0.204719833 4.600157644 -1.473767745
125 to 212 168.5 0.877819112 5.12693575 0.743009457
212 to 300 256 0.961171821 5.545177444 1.178226911
300 to 850 575 1 6.354370041 3.603778993
850 to 1168 1009 1 6.91671502 3.603778993
1168 and above 1

Table 5: calculations for optimum time of sieving.

dξ/dt
time,t(min) pan Sieve 1 Sieve 2 Sieve 3 Sieve 4
4 to 8 0.000465 0.004766333 0.0021216 0.003022553 8.7189E-05
8 to 12 0.0003488 0.001307835 0.000552197 0.001104394 0
12 to 16 2.906E-05 0.001307835 0.000435945 0.000610323 0
16 to 20 0.0003778 0.000203441 0.00087189 0.001482213 0
20 to 24 0.0001744 0.000494071 0.00058126 0.000930016 2.9063E-05
24 to 28 5.813E-05 0.000348756 0.000639386 0.000232504 8.7189E-05

1.2
cumulative distribution, Q3(x)

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
particle size,x (µm)
 8

6
y = 3.5027x - 18.891
4

2
[ln(-ln(1-Q3))]

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-2

-4

-6

-8

-10
ln(x)