A TEST FOR THE HOMOGENEITY OF A MIXTURE

AN AGGREGATE IS ASSUMED TO CONTAIN PARTICLES OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND SIZES. A STATISTICAL TEST IS PRESENTED FOR DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE VARIOUS TYPES OF PARTICLES ARE THOROUGHLY MIXED. MEASURING THE HOMOGENEITY OF A MIXTURE OF PARTICLES IS A PROBLEM WHICH HAS APPLICATION IN MANY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS, SUCH AS THE MIXING OF CONCRETE OF THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVES. A TEST FOR HOMOGENEITY IS PRESENTED AND THE ASYMPTOTIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE TEST STATISTIC IS DERIVED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 13, No 2, PP 325-331
• Corporate Authors:

  Technometrics

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• Authors:
  • Scheaffer, R L
• Publication Date: 1971-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Homogeneity; Mixtures; Particles; Size; Statistics; Testing
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217877
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 25 1971 12:00AM