Water flow in filter paper and capillary suction time

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2211-2218

  Smiles, D E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption desorption; Bentonite suspension; Capillary suction time; Chromatography paper; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BENTONITE; CAPILLARITY; DESORPTION; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POROUS MATERIALS; RADIAL FLOW; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WETTING;

CAPILLARY SUCTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY PAPER; DARCY'S LAW; FILTER PAPER;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

CAPILLARY; FILTRATION; FLUID FLOW; WATER;

EID: 0032568858     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00061-X     Document Type: Article

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