Kinetics of aggregation and gelation in colloidal dispersions

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7 A, 2005, Pages 926-932

  Sefcik, Jan ^a,b   Grass, R ^a   Sandkuhler P ^a   Morbidelli, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Colloids; Diffusion; Gelation; Kinetics; Mixing; Population balance equation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GELATION; GELS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS; DISPERSE SYSTEMS; GEL DOMAINS; KINETIC MODELLING;

COLLOIDS;

COLLOID;

EID: 22744455275     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.05027     Document Type: Article

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