Induction charging of granular materials in an electric field

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1350-1357

  Wu, Yishui ^a   Castle, G S Peter ^a   Inculet, Ion I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric field; Induction charge; Levitation; Particle; Particle shape; Particle size

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FILTERS; GLASS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

GLASS BEADS; INDUCTION CHARGE; LEVITATION; MASS MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE MEAN DIAMETER; VOLUME MEAN DIAMETER;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 26844463000     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2005.853372     Document Type: Article

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