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Pure iridium metal is one of the densest elements at 22.6 g/cm3 . Compute the settling...

Pure iridium metal is one of the densest elements at 22.6 g/cm3 . Compute the settling velocities of spherical iridium particles of the given diameters, dp, in the given fluids.

(a) dp = 2 μm in air (T = 293 K, P = 1 atm, ρa = 1.2 kg/m3 , μa = 0.0181 g m-1 s-1 )

(b) dp = 100 μm in water (ρw = 1.0 g/cm3 , μw = 0.010 g cm-1 s-1)

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