Synergism binary particle mixtures

Figure 54. Measure of synergism for binary particle mixtures. (Kwauk, 1984, 1986.)...

Figure 77 shows more computer-generated curves (Qian and Kwauk, 1986) showing synergism for different binary particle mixtures. 

VIII. Measure of Synergism for Binary Particle Mixtures 260... 

Mutual synergism of binary mixtures containing fine particles can be quantified in terms of the departure of the 0-x2 curve from a linear tie line, which signifies absence of synergism, joining 7 and 2 for the respective components, as shown in Fig. 54. A convenient measure of this departure is the shaded area lying between the -x2-curve and the linear tie line. This can be derived analytically in terms of what will be called the Synergism number Sy, normalized with respect to 07+0, of both the coarse and the fine particles ... 

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