Diameter (mm)

Mean diameter (mm)

Sieve weight without particles (g)

Sieve weight with particles (g)

Mass retained (g)

X_i

X_i/d_i (mm⁻¹)

Seive 1

2.36

2.18

525.49

525.56

0.07

0.00335

0.001536

Seive 2

2.0

1.5

456.36

456.44

0.08

0.00383

0.002553

Seive 3

1.0

0.925

420.41

423.17

2.76

0.13231

0.143037

Seive 4

0.85

0.725

384.64

394.31

9.67

0.46356

0.63939

Seive 5

0.6

0.5125

380.56

387.08

6.52

0.31255

0.60985

Seive 6

0.425

0.361

417.82

419.22

1.40

0.06711

0.18590

Seive 7

0.297

0.2735

357.24

357.53

0.29

0.0139

0.05082

Seive 8

0.250

0.231

409.75

409.79

0.04

0.00191

0.008268

Seive 9

0.212

0.106

376.54

376.56

0.02

0.00095

0.008962

Seive 10

0.0

0.0

384.64

384.65

0.01

0.00047

0.0

∑ = 20.86

∑ = 0.999

∑ = 1.6503