Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Close circuit grinding is more economical than open circuit grinding
B. Cod oil, beef tallow or aluminium stearates are used as grinding aids in cement 'industries'
C. The equipment used for the removal of traces of solids from a liquid is called a classifier
D. Size enlargement is a mechanical operation exemplified by medicinal tablet making
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Horsepower required for a roll crusher is directly proportional to its
A. Reduction ratio
B. Capacity
C. Both A & B
D. Neither A nor B
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Use of 'grinding aids' is done in __________ grinding.
A. Dry
B. Wet
C. Ultrafine
D. Intermediate
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The work index in Bond's law for crushing of solids has the following dimensions
A. No units (dimensionless)
B. kWh/ton
C. kW/ton
D. kWh . m 2 1 / ton
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A screen is said to be blinded, when the
A. Oversizes are present in undersize fraction
B. Undersizes are retained in oversize fraction
C. Screen is plugged with solid particles
D. Screen capacity is abruptly increased
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For raschig rings, the sphericity is
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Cummulative analysis for determining surface area is preferred over differential analysis, because of the assumption that "all particles in a simple fraction equal in size" is not needed for cummulative anslysis unlike differential anlaysis
B. A gate diagram is a plot of cummulative percent by weight undersize vs. the reciprocal of diameter, in which the area beneath the curve represents the surface
C. Capacity of crusher in choke feeding is increased
D. Rolling of pebbles/balls from top to bottom of the heap in tumbling mills is called 'cascading and throwing of the balls through the air to the toe of the heap is called 'cataracting'
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Screen efficiency is
A. Recovery/rejection
B. Recovery
C. Rejection
D. None of these
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Screw conveyors are
A. Run at very high rpm
B. Suitable for sticky materials
C. Suitable for highly abrasive materials
D. All of the above
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In a size reduction crushing operation, feed size is 300 to 1500 mm while the product size is 100 to 300 mm. This is a case of the __________ crushing.
A. Secondary
B. Fine
C. Primary
D. Ultrafine
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In a size reduction crushing operation, feed size is 100 to 300 mm. while the product size is 10 to 50 mm. This is a case of the __________ crushing.
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Fine
D. Ultrafine
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Sorting classifiers employing differential settling methods for separation of particles make use of the differences in their
A. Particle sizes
B. Densities
C. Terminal velocities
D. None of these
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Pebble mills are tumbling mills widely used for grinding in the manufacture of paints & pigments and cosmetic industries, where iron contamination in the product is highly objectionable. Pebbles used in pebble mill are made of
A. Bronze
B. Stainless steel
C. Flint or porcelain
D. Concrete
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Hot, lumpy & abrasive materials are best transported by using a/an __________ conveyor.
A. Apron
B. Belt
C. Screw
D. Flight
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The study on washability of coal is done by using the __________ technique.
A. Tabling
B. Elutriation
C. Heavy media separation
D. None of these
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Size reduction of fibrous materials like wood, asbestos, mica etc. is done by a disintegrator exemplified by the
A. Blake jaw crusher
B. Cage mill
C. Stamp mill
D. Bradford's breaker
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The porosity of a compressible cake is
A. Minimum at the filter medium
B. Minimum at the upstream face
C. Maximum at the filter medium
D. Same throughout the thickness of cake
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Arrange the following size reduction equipment in the decreasing order of the average particle size produced by each of them.
A. Jaw crusher, Ball mill, Fluid energy mill
B. Ball mill, Jaw crusher, Fluid energy mill
C. Fluid energy mill, Jaw crusher, Ball mill
D. Fluid energy mill, Ball mill, Jaw crusher
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If Dp is the equivalent diameter of a non-spherical particle, Vp its volume and Sp its surface area, then its sphericity is Φs is defined by
A. Φs = D p S p 6 V p
B. Φs = D p S p V p
C. Φs = V p 6 D p S p
D. Φs = V p D p S p
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__________ is the most commonly used 'filter aid'.
A. Diatomaceous earth
B. Fuller's earth
C. Vermiculite
D. Semi-plastic clay
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