Reactive binders in detergent granulation: Understanding the relationship between binder phase changes and granule growth under different conditions of relative humidity?

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6450-6458

  Germanà, Sarah ^a   Simons, Stefaan J R ^a   Bonsall, Judith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DETERGENTS; GRANULATION; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; SILICONES; SODIUM; WETTING;

BINDER PHASE; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; CONVENTIONAL PROCESSING; DEGREE OF NEUTRALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PHASE CHANGES; PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS; REACTIVE BINDERS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SODIUM CARBONATES; WETTING BEHAVIORS;

BINDERS;

EID: 51849156342     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800280k     Document Type: Conference Paper

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