On the assumption that those impurity-salts attached to the surface of common-salt crystals be single salts (MgCl
2 M, KCl K, Na
2SO
4 N, and CaCl
2 C) crystallized from the oceanic quinary system, sample salts were prepared by adding the impurity-salts to refined salt, and their caking tendency was examined by both the fundamental caking test and the piling test. The following were the results obtained from this study:
1. The fundamental caking test by the pressure method indicated that the samplesalts had the caking strength of 4-12kg/cm
2 (4kg/cm
2 for MgCl
2). In the fundamental test by the recrystallization method, they proved to have the caking strength of 0.2-6kg/cm
2, but in this test such impurity-salts as causing the critical humidity lower showed a less caking tendency.
2. In the piling test conducted in a warehouse, the wet sample salts showed a caking strength of 0.4-1.6kg/cm
2, while the dry sample salts showed a caking strength of 0.2-11kg/cm
2, according to the kind of the impurity-salts {0.2kg/cm
2 for C, M and X (mixture of C, M and K) and 8-11kg/cm
2 for K, N and Blank}.
3. In the piling test made in the room having the constant temperature and humidity (E
1; 40% R. H. and E
2; 70% R. H. at 25°C), the sample salts of Cand M showed nocaking tendency regardless the packing conditions. However, the sample salts of K and Blank showed a caking strength of 0.2-2.7kg/cm
2.
4. The above caking tests showed that the impurity-salts had effects on the caking of common salt in relation to packing and environmental conditions. The conclusion of this study was that for the prevention of caking of common salt appropriate packing and environmental conditions must be selected according to the property of the salt.
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