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Figure 8.2 Partition curve Factors affecting screen performance Screen effectiveness must always be coupled with capacity as it is often possible by the use of a low feed rate and a very long screening time to effect an almost complete separation. At a given capacity, the effectiveness depends on the nature of the screening operation, i.e. on the overall chance of a particle passing through the screen once it has reached it. The process of screening is frequently described as a series of probabilistic events, where particles are presented to a screening surface many times, and on each presentation there exists a given probability that a particle of a given size will pass. In its simplest form, the probability of passage for a single spherical particle size d passing a square aperture with a size x bordered by a wire diameter w in a single event is given by the Gaudin (1939) equation: (8.5) or given that the fraction of open area is defined (8.6) The probability of passage for n presentations is calculated by: (8.7) Screening performance is therefore affected by factors that influence the probability of particle passage, and factors that influence the number of opportunities the particles are given to pass through the screen mesh. Particle size Taggart (1945) calculates some probabilities of passage related to the particle size using Equation 8.7, which are shown in Table 8.1.The figures relate the probable chance per thousand of unrestricted passage through a square aperture of a spherical particle and give the probable number of apertures in series in the path of the particle necessary to ensure its passage through the screen. Table 8.1 Probability of passage Ratio of particle to aperture size Chance of passage per 1000 Number of apertures required in path 0.001 998 1 0.01 980 2 0.1 810 2 0.2 640 2 0.3 490 2 0.4 360 3 0.5 250 4 0.6 140 7 0.7 82 12 0.8 40 25 0.9 9.8 100 0.95 2.0 500 0.99 0.