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Table 3 Range of effective surface energy

From: Laboratory experiments on agglomeration of particles in a granular stream

Particle type

γeffa (J m− 2)

vcra (cm s− 1)

Glass bead 50 μm

0.00061–0.017

0.20–2.8

Glass bead 100 μm

0.000071–0.017

0.025–2.1

Alumina particle 77 μm

0.00012–0.011

0.022–0.98

Silica sand 73 μm

0.00034–0.010

0.099–1.7

  1. aThe range of the γeff and vcr values of the particles corresponding to 10–90% of the total number of particles