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Answer» The following assumptions are MADE for the Kynch Theory:
- Across the horizontal layer the particle concentration is uniform.
- The effects of the wall can be ignored.
- No differential settings of particles are CONSIDERED due to shape, size or composition CHANGES or differences.
- The velocity at which particles fall depends only on the local concentration of the particles and nothing else.
- The concentration is considered to be uniform throughout or it can be ASSUMED to increase towards the BOTTOM.
- The velocity of sedimentation approaches zero as the concentration reaches the limiting value.
- This limiting value corresponds to the sediment layer at the bottom which gets deposited.
The following assumptions are made for the Kynch Theory:
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