A laminar flow expansion chamber facilitating downstream manipulation of particles concentrated using an ultrasonic standing wave

Ultrasonics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 901-903

  Hawkes, Jeremy J ^a   Barrow, David ^a   Cefai, Joseph ^a,b   Coakley, W Terence ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MSTB Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous flow filtration; Laminar flow; Particle analysis; Ultrasound standing waves

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CONTINUOUS FLOW FILTRATION; LAMINAR FLOW EXPANSION CHAMBERS;

YEAST;

EID: 0032119529     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(98)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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