Nucleation regime map for liquid bound granules

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 350-361

  Hapgood, Karen P ^a,b   Litster, James D ^a   Smith, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULATION; POWDERS; WETTING;

LIQUID BOUND GRANULES;

NUCLEATION;

ADHESIVE AGENT;

GRANULATION; LIQUID-SOLID MIXING; POWDER; WETTING;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONTACT ANGLE; DISPERSION; DYNAMICS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; POROSITY; POWDER; PROCESS DESIGN; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCALE UP; TIME; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037326265     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490207     Document Type: Article

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