Capillary pressure curves of sphere packings: Correlation of experimental results and comparison with predictions from a network model of pore space

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-39

  Dodds, John A ^a   Srivastava, Prashant ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Filter aids; Network model; Pore space; Sphere packing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; PACKING; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FILTER AIDS; NETWORK MODELS; PORE SPACES; SPHERE PACKING;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 33745799042     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: 15214117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.200501017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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