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The attraction to, and retention of particles in, a filter medium by electrostatic forces, or by molecular attraction between the particles and the medium.
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PASTE MIXER
Device for the blending together of solid particles and a liquid, with the final formation of a single paste phase.
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PARTICLE-SIZE ANALYSIS
Determination of the proportion of particles of a specified size in a granular or powder sample.
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OSCILLATING GRANULATOR
Solids sizereducer in which particles are broken by a set of oscillating bars arranged in cylindrical form over a screen of suitable mesh.
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OIL FILTER
Cartridge-type filter used in automotive oil-lubrication systems to remove metal particles and products of heat decomposition from the circulating oil.
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NONQUANTUM MECHANICS
The classical mechanics of Newton and Einstein as opposed to the quantum mechanics of Heisenberg, Schro dinger, and Dirac; particles have definite position and velocity, and they move according to Newton's laws.
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NEWTON'S LAW OF GRAVITATION
The law that every two particles of matter in the universe attract each other with a force that acts along bombardment is recorded. neutron logging See neutron well logging.
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NEWTONIAN ATTRACTION
The mutual attraction of any two particles in the universe, as given by Newton's law of gravitation.
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MICROFILTRATION
A membrane separation process in which particles greater than about 20 nanometers in diameter are screened out of a liquid in which they are suspended.
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MESH
1. A size of screen or of particles passed by it in terms of the number of openings occurring per linear inch in each direction. Also known as mesh size. 2. A set of branches forming a closed path in a network so that if any one branch is omitted from the set, the remaining branches of the set do not form a closed path. Also known as loop. 3. Engagement or working contact of teeth of gears or of a gear and a rack.
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MECHANICAL SEPARATION
A group of industrial operations by means of which particles of solid or drops of liquid are removed from a gas or liquid, or are separated into individual fractions, or both, by gravity separation (settling), centrifugal action, and filtration.
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