Drop size distribution in highly concentrated liquid-liquid dispersions using a light back scattering method

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 545-552

  Lovick, J ^a   Mouza, A A ^b   Paras, S V ^b   Lye, G J ^a   Angeli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drop size; Liquid liquid dispersions; Stirred vessels

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; SURFACE TENSION; VIDEO RECORDING;

DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSIONS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHASE FRACTIONS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

OIL DISPERSANT;

LIQUID-LIQUID MIXING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; ENDOSCOPE; FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR SIZE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL PHASE; SURFACE TENSION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 18044365974     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1205     Document Type: Article

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