Porosity and interior structure analysis of pellet-flocs

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 280, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 155-162

  Walaszek, W ^a   Ay, P ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Pellet flocs; Porosity; Structure

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EMBEDDED MICROTOME SLICES; MACROPOROSITY; PELLET-FLOCS; STRUCTURE;

FLOCCULATION;

RESIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; FLOCCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646203165     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.01.049     Document Type: Article

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