Experimental determination of capillary forces by crushing strength measurements

Powder Technology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 124-131

  Rondeau, X ^a   Affolter, C ^a   Komunjer, L ^a   Clausse, D ^a   Guigon, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary forces; Contact angle; Liquid bridges; Powder caking

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CAPILLARITY; CONDENSATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION;

CAPILLARY FORCES;

POWDERS;

CRUSHING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORCE; LIQUID BRIDGE; POWDER; STRENGTH ASSESSMENT;

CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRUSHING STRENGTH; FORCE; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWDER; SOLID; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0037453855     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(02)00255-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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