Direct observation of powder agglomerated structure in ceramic slurries using optical microscopy

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 681-688

  Abe, Hiroya ^a   Naito, Makio ^a   Okamoto, Kenji ^b   Hotta, Tadashi ^c   Ohara, Satoshi ^d   Fukui, Takehisa ^e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon Denko Co   (Japan)

^c JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Hosokawa Powder Technology Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alumina; Flocculation; Optical microscopy; Polymer dispersant; Slurry

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; FLOCCULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

GLASS PLATES; POLYMER DISPERSANTS; POWDER STRUCTURES;

SLURRIES;

EID: 33846280163     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855206778917706     Document Type: Article

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