期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：10
页码：5561
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Determination of true density of particulate substances is very essential particularly during formulation ofparticulate composite materials. Production of particulate composite materials requires knowledge of the true densitiesof the individual constituents’ substances as this is essential in material selection especially if composite material oflight-weight is so desired. Water displacement method of finding density of insoluble substances is very cumbersomeand liable to error hence a bulk density-relation technique was devised to determine true densities of insolubleparticulate substances. A case study of Kankara clay using the bulk density-relation (with known densities of calciumcarbonate and PVC) was used to determine its true density. Comparison of the methods shows that bulk densityrelationgives a better result with higher degree of accuracy. The results found the density of Kankara clay to beapproximately 1.8g/cm3 obtained using the bulk density-relation. Weight density relation was also determined to enableproduction of composite according to mass mixture proportion.
