Process viscometry of complex fluids and suspensions with helical ribbon agitators

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 689-695

  Brito De La Fuente, Edmundo ^a   Nava, Jose A ^a   Lopez, Luz Maria ^a   Medina, Luis ^a   Ascanio, Gabriel ^a   Tanguy, Philippe A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Non Newtonian fluid; Rheology; Viscometry

Indexed keywords

KAOLIN; MIXING; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOMETERS; ROTORS; SHEAR FLOW; SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

HELICAL RIBBON IMPELLERS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; RHEOLOGY; VISCOMETRY;

EID: 0032147776     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450760401     Document Type: Article

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