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Table 3

Results of the manual analysis of clusters formed inside the NanoRocks trays.

Tray Manual cluster analysis

Average number of clusters Average number of particles per cluster Mean absolute deviation for the number of particles per cluster Percentage of particles involved in clusters
1 3.44 2.85 0.73 65.4
2 6.78 7.20 2.77 88.7
3 8.44 5.52 1.36 84.8
4 6.67 7.70 2.09 85.6
5 9.61 6.55 1.34 78.7
6 5.78 97.54 21.95 93.9
7 6.56 42.17 9.14 98.7
8 4.83 133.01 44.96 80.4

Notes. The values were averaged over 18 shaking cycles and used to calibrate the statistical analysis. Particles were counted regardless of their composition (see Table 1 for a description of the particles in the different trays).

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