Characterization of floc structure using cluster analysis

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 229-237

  Nagel, Manfred ^a   Peter, Ay ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORGY'S METHOD;

FLOCCULATION;

EID: 0343081686     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4117(199910)16:5<229::AID-PPSC229>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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