Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering
Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering
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Author: Warren McCabe, Julian C. Smith, Peter Harriott
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Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The volume fraction and weight fraction of the sand in a suspension of very fine sand particles in water is to be calculated.

Concept introduction: The volume fraction of a substance is the volume of the given substance to the total volume of the substances present in the suspension. It can be related with a density as,

  ρ1Vx+ρ2V(1-x)=ρV......(1)

  ρ1=Densityofsandρ2=Densityofwaterx=VolumefractionofsandV=Totalvolumeofsuspension

The weight fraction of the sand is the ratio of the weight of the sand to the total weight of the suspension. It is given as,

  y=W1W......(2)y=WeightfractionofsandW1=WeightofsandW=Weightofsuspension

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Chemical Engineering
ISBN:9780072848236
Author:Warren McCabe, Julian C. Smith, Peter Harriott
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Companies, The