Abstract
Experimental data are provided for the breakage of chalk aggregates in liquid suspensions agitated by rotating and vibrating mixers. The results are analysed using a mechanistic model of breakage which relates the pseudoequilibrium aggregate size to the energy dissipation rate in the stirred vessel. The analysis suggests that the growth and breakage of the chalk aggregates are reversible processes which lead to the formation of fractal aggregates with a dimensionality close to 2. Additionally, the breakage of aggregates in both the vibrating and the rotating mixers occurs by turbulent fluid stresses and is uniquely related to the energy dissipation rate in the vessel and the fractal dimensionality of the aggregates.
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