Procedure for predicting a minimum volume or mass of sample to provide a given size parameter precision

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 109-113

  Wedd, Maurice W ^a  

^a MALVERN INSTRUMENTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LASER APPLICATIONS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; SAMPLING;

MASS; VOLUME;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035473156     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4117(200110)18:3<109::AID-PPSC109>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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