Coalescence analysis through small-angle light scattering

AIChE Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2644-2652

  Priore, Brian E ^a   Walker, Lynn M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; OLEFINS; VISCOSITY;

COALESCENCE ANALYSIS;

COALESCENCE;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; DIMETICONE; POLYISOBUTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COALESCENCE; DROPLET; FLOW FIELD; MODELING; POLYMER; SHEAR FLOW;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLOW RATE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MODEL; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0038505663     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690471204     Document Type: Article

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