Determination of the parameters of the Rosin-Rammler and beta distributions from their mode and variance using equation-solving software

Powder Technology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-184

  Peleg, Micha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta distribution; Mathematical models; Particle size; Rosin rammler distribution; Size enlargement; Size reduction; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

BETA DISTRIBUTION; ROSIN-RAMMLER DISTRIBUTION; SIZE ENLARGEMENT; SIZE REDUCTION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030145480     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0032-5910(95)03073-5     Document Type: Article

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