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Asieve (/ˈsɪv/),fine mesh strainer, orsift is a tool used forseparating wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling theparticle size distribution of a sample, using a screen such as awovenmesh ornet orperforated sheet material.[1] The wordsift derives fromsieve.
In cooking, asifter is used to separate and break up clumps in dry ingredients such asflour, as well as to aerate and combine them. Astrainer (seecolander), meanwhile, is a form of sieve used to separatesuspendedsolids from a liquid byfiltration.
Sieving is a simple technique for separating particles of different sizes. A sieve such as used for sifting flour has very small holes. Coarse particles are separated or broken up by grinding against one another and the screen openings. Depending upon the types of particles to be separated, sieves with different types of holes are used. Sieves are also used to separate stones from sand. Sieving plays an important role in food industries where sieves (often vibrating) are used to prevent the contamination of the product by foreign bodies. The design of the industrial sieve is of primary importance here.[2]
Triage sieving refers to grouping people according to their severity of injury.
A wooden mesh in which the withes were one eighth of an inch wide and set the same distance apart. This would be used on an English farm of the Victorian era to sift grain, removing dust and soil.
The mesh in a wooden sieve might be made from wood orwicker. Use of wood to avoid contamination is important when the sieve is used for sampling.[3] Henry Stephens, in hisBook of the Farm, advised that thewithes of a woodenriddle or sieve be made fromfir orwillow withAmerican elm being best. The rims would be made of fir,oak or, especially,beech.[4]
Asieve analysis (or gradation test) is a practice or procedure used (commonly used incivil engineering orsedimentology) to assess the particle size distribution (also called gradation) of a granular material. Sieve sizes used in combinations of four to eight sieves.[5]
Colander, a (typically) bowl-shaped sieve used as a strainer in cooking
Flour sifter or bolter, used in flour production and baking
Graduated sieves, used to separate varying small sizes of material, often soil, rock or minerals
Mesh strainer, or just "strainer", usually consisting of a fine metal mesh screen on a metal frame
Laundry strainer, to drain boiling water from laundry removed from awash copper, usually with a wooden frame to facilitate manual handling with hot contents
Pickle lifter – Device for lifting pickled goods from a container
"Leaks like a sieve" is an English language idiom to describe a container that has multiple leaks, or, by allegory, an organization whose confidential information is routinely disclosed to the public.
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