Determination of the refractive index of water-dispersible granules for use in laser diffraction experiments

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 426-432

  Saveyn, Hans ^a   Mermuys, Dries ^a   Thas, Olivier ^a   Van der Meeren, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Differential refractometry; Laser diffraction; Laser light scattering; Refractive index; Submicron particles

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LASER DIFFRACTION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036958439     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.200290006     Document Type: Article

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