In situ measurement of fractal dimension using focussed beam reflectance measurement

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 181-188

  Kovalsky, Peter ^a   Bushell, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Floc; Polystyrene latex; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FRACTALS; LASERS; LATEXES; LIGHT REFLECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES; REFLECTION; SCANNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FLOC; FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; LIGHT INTENSITY SIGNALS; POLYSTYRENE LATEX;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

POLYSTYRENE; REFLECTANCE;

EID: 24144479431     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.02.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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