Mechanical Operations
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

0.1
0.6
None of these
0.4

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Mechanical Operations
Actual operating speed of a ball mill may vary from 65 to 80% of the critical speed. Which of the following duties would require the ball mill to be operated at maximum percentage of critical speed?

Wet grinding in high viscous suspension
Wet grinding in low viscous suspension
Dry grinding of large particles (upto 1.25 cms)
Dry grindng of large particles in un-baffed mills

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