BS ISO 9276-5:2005

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Symbols
4 Logarithmic normal probability function
5 Special values of a logarithmic normal probability
  distribution
  5.1 Complete kth moments
  5.2 Average particle sizes
  5.3 Median particle sizes
  5.4 Horizontal shifts between plotted distribution values
  5.5 Volume-specific surface area (Sauter diameter)
Annex A (informative) Cumulative distribution values of a
                      normal probability distribution
Bibliography

Objective is to provide the background for the representation of a cumulative particle size distribution which follows a logarithmic normal probability distribution, as a means by which calculations performed using particle size distribution functions may be unequivocally checked.

The main objective of this part of ISO9276 is to provide the background for the representation of a cumulative particle size distribution which follows a logarithmic normal probability distribution, as a means by which calculations performed using particle size distribution functions may be unequivocally checked. The design of logarithmic normal probability graph paper is explained, as well as the calculation of moments, median diameters, average diameters and volume-specific surface area. Logarithmic normal probability distributions are often suitable for the representation of cumulative particle size distributions of any dimensionality. Their particular advantage lies in the fact that cumulative distributions, such as number-, length-, area-, volume- or mass-distributions, are represented by parallel lines, all of whose locations may be determined from a knowledge of the location of any one.