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Sievingorscreeningisamethodofcategorizingapowdersparticlesizebyrunningthepowderthroughaspecific
sizedscreen.*Apowdercanbeseparatedintotwoormoresizefractionsbystackingthescreens,thereby
determiningthepowdersparticlesizedistribution.Sievesandscreensareusuallyusedforlargerparticlesized
materials,greaterthan44micron(325Mesh).

TwoscalesareusedtoclassifyparticlesizesUSSieveSeriesandTylerMeshSize.Apowdersmeshsizecanat
timesbesomewhatconfusing.A6meshpowdercontainsparticlesthatpassthrougha6meshscreen.A6mesh
powderhasparticlesthatmeasurelessthan3360microns.Apowderthatis325meshhasparticlesthatmeasure
lessthan44micron.Asyoucansee,thelargerthemeshnumberthesmallertheparticlesizeofthepowder.

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Youwouldknowthatthispowderpassedthougha325meshscreen.Youcouldbe
confidentthatthepowdersparticlesizewaslessthan44micron.However,muchofthe
powdercouldbeconsiderablylessthan44micronandstillqualifyasa325meshpowder.
Itcouldbe1micronandqualifyas325mesh,itcouldevenbesubmicronandmeetthe
325meshspecification.Thedesignation325meshissimplysayingthepowderpassed
througha325meshscreen.


Ifyouneededapowderthatwasclosertosizeyouwouldneedtospecifytwomeshsizes.
Forexample:TantalumPowder,40+100Mesh,3N8Purity
Thispowderwouldhaveparticlesthatweresmaller
than40mesh(420micron)butlargerthan100Mesh
(149micron).Thepowderpassedthroughthe40mesh
screenbutwastrappedinthe100meshscreen.Larger
particlesweretrappedaboveinthe40meshscreenand
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smallerparticlespassedthroughthe100meshscreen.
Asaresultthelargerparticleswereeliminatedfromthe
distributionbythe40meshscreenandsmaller
particleswereeliminatedbythe100meshscreen.

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