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  • Help with particle size, please

    Posted by MariaGarcia on April 4, 2022 at 3:09 pm
    Hi everyone.
    I want to buy non-colloidal microcrystalline cellulose for a toothpaste. I’m reading the data sheet but I don’t know how to interpret the particle size, can someone help me? On the data sheet it says:

    Particle size (um distribution by laser):
    D10: Not more than 50
    D50: 90-140
    D90: Not less than 170

    Thank you very much!

    MariaGarcia replied 2 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • WarrenChemist

    Member
    April 4, 2022 at 5:16 pm

    I understand this as sort of bell curve like distribution
    10% to be less than or equal to 50 (insert your units here), 50% of your product around that 90 - 140 mark, and then 10% to be equal to or greater than 170 (your units here)
    (To extrapolate that would leave 15% for both the 50-90 and 140-170 range)

  • MariaGarcia

    Member
    April 4, 2022 at 5:24 pm

    Thank you :)

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