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Trommels are revolving screens which normally operate in the range of __________ rpm.

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Separation of a suspension or slurry into a supernatant clear liquid (free from particles) and a thick sludge containing a high concentration of solid is called

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At low Reynold's number, the power (P) required for agitating a fluid in a stirred tank becomes independent of inertial forces. In this limit, indicate which of the following relations is satisfied:
Po = ρ/ρN3D5: Power number
Re = ρ ND2/μ: Reynold's number
N is the impeller rotational speed and D is the impeller diameter.

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The constants (Kb, Kr and Kk) used in the laws of crushing (i.e., Bond's law, Rittinger's law and Kick's law) depend upon the

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Which of the following parts of a jaw crusher is subjected to maximum wear and tear during its operation?

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Which of the following mechanical conveyors does not come under the division 'carriers'?

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Which of the follwoing mechanical conveyors does not come under the division 'scrapers'?

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In case of a revolving mill, wet grinding compared to dry grinding

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Range of compressibility co-efficient of the commercial compressible cake obtained in filtration operation is

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Separation of isotopes is generally done using a/an __________ centrifuge.

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Pick out the material having minimum Rittinger's number.

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Agglomeration of individual particles into clusters (flocs) is called flocculation. To prevent flocculation, the most commonly used dispersing agents are

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Which of the following mineral dressing operations is termed as 'comminution'?

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Cumulative analysis for determining surface is more precise than differential analysis, because of the

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Screen capacity is proportional to (where, S = screen aperture)

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Rod mills employed for grinding

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Ultra centrifuges are used for the separation of __________ solid particles.

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Feed size of ≥ 25 cms can be accepted by

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The unit of filter medium resistance is

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A suspension of glass beads in ethylene glycol has a hindered settling velocity of 1.7 mm/s, while the terminal settling velocity of a single glass bead in ethylene glycol is 17 mm/s. If the Richardson-Zaki hindered settling index is 4.5, the volume fraction of solids in the suspension is

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