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Equivalent standard
Tyler screen mesh
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I 10 100 1000 10,000
Particle diameter, pn
Figure 4-9. Terminal velocities of spherical particles of different densities settling in air and water at 70°F under the action of gravity. To con-
vert feet per second to meters per second, multiply by 0.3048. (From Lapple, et ab, Fluid and Particle Mechanics, University of Delaware,
1951, p. 292. By permission, Perry, J. H. Chemical Engineers Handbook, 6th Ed., McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. 1984, p. 5-67.
