Fragmentation with abrasion and cleavage: Analytical results

Powder Technology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-184

  Hansen, S ^a   Ottino, J M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Attrition; Cleavage; Fragmentation; Grinding; Self similarity

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ATTRITION; CLEAVAGE; FRAGMENTATION EQUATION; FRAGMENTATION THEORY; SELF SIMILARITY;

COMMINUTION;

AVERAGE; ENERGY; MASS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; SHORT SURVEY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0031260398     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(97)03269-5     Document Type: Article

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