Coagulation and Fragmentation: Universal Steady-State Particle-Size Distribution

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1612-1620

  Spicer, Patrick T ^a   Pratsinis, Sotiris E ^a  

^a 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES; SHEAR FLOW;

FLUID SHEAR; FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION BALANCE MODEL;

COAGULATION;

COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030175122     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420612     Document Type: Article

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