Sound absorption by suspensions of nonspherical particles: Measurements compared with predictions using various particle sizing techniques

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 4 I, 2003, Pages 1841-1850

  Richards, Simon D ^a   Leighton, Timothy G ^b   Brown, Niven R ^b,c  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; KAOLIN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

GRAVITATIONAL SEDIMENTATION;

ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; KAOLIN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; DISPERSION; GRAVITY; LASER DIFFRACTION; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SOUND; SUSPENSION; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY; ULTRASOUND; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0142026442     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1610449     Document Type: Article

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