Longitudinal mixing properties in liquid-solid fluidized beds were investigated by means of a salt-solution tracer technique. The electrical conductance breakthrough curves were measured with very Small electrical conductivity probes for a step-function input of salt-solution tracer. Longitudinal eddy diffusivities were determined for 1.3and 3.0-mm. lead spheres ond 3.2-mm. glass spheres in 2-and 4-in.4iameter beds at a distance of 5 bed diam. from the injector and for various radial positions.The longihdinol mixing properties are strongly affected by particle concentration; maximum mixing occurs at a fraction voids of 0.7. Longitudinal eddy diffusivity increases with particle density and with decreasing d,/D ratio. Velocitv Drofiles markedlv influence the eddy-diffu-E. J. Cairns is with General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York.