Microstructure and transport properties of wet poly-disperse particle assemblies

Powder Technology

Volumn 156, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 120-128

  Kohout, M ^a   Collier, A P ^b   Stepanek F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Drying; Granular media; Permeability; Porosity; Wetting

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DRYING; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WETTING;

CLOSE-PACKED STRUCTURES; GRANULAR MEDIA; PERMEABILITY; POLY-DISPERSE PARTICLE;

POWDERS;

SOLID FLOW;

CONDUCTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; GAS; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERMEABILITY; SOLID; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 23944482502     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2005.04.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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