Particle Size Reduction I: General Aspects, Physics of Breakage, Shape, Size and Surface (First in a two-part series)
Pre-recorded Course
AN ON-DEMAND ONLINE TRAINING FORMAT
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for professionals in the processes industries including those in the Chemical Process Industries, Biochemical industries,
Pharmaceuticals, Mining, Pigment Manufacturing, Specialty Chemicals, Agrichemicals, Food Processing; Waste Management and Paper
Processing. The novice will be quickly brought "up to speed" and the expert will be exposed to a detailed review of the subjects.
Engineers, scientists and technical personnel looking for understanding of principles of size reduction and engineers involved with solids
processing, size reduction and control in mining, ore production, specialty chemical manufacturing, reactor & pilot plants, process and project
design and waste processing and waste minimization will benefit from this training.
Typical job titles of those who should attend include: Process chemist, Food technologist and Engineers in the following areas: Mining,
Agricultural, Chemical Manufacturing, Mechanical, Maintenance, Project and Process, and Research. This course is applicable to Solid-Solid
Separations, Mining and Ore Production, Chemical Reactor Design, Pilot Plant Studies Design and Scaleup, Specialty Chemical Production,
Pharmaceutical Production, Paint & Pigment Industries, Solid Size Reduction and Ceramics & Cement Industries.
Description
This is a 2-part series.To receive the maximum benefit from this training, the course director recommends that participants
attend both sessions. However, each session may also be taken individually should one specific area of this particle size
reduction series match your training needs.
This 90-minute accredited online training course will review basic principles, physics of breakage, material properties, particle size, shape and
surface and their distributions.
Module 1: General Aspect of Size
Reduction
• Reasons; Performance; Objectives; Particle
size; Reynolds
number; Effect of size;
Energy & power requirements;
Breakage
laws
Module 2: Physics of Breakage
• Elastic & plastic properties; Stress-Strain
Curve; Breakage
modes; Stiffness;
Strength; Toughness; Breakability;
Brittleness; Crack propagation; Energy;
Additives
Module 3: Particle Shape, Size & Surface
• Shape; Shape terms; Shape indices;
Material effects;
Machine effects;
Revolutions; Size distributions; Grind
limit;
Size measurement; Surface area; Time
effects
Question and Answer Session