Flocculation of cellulose fibre suspensions: The contribution of percolation and effective-medium theories

Cellulose

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 803-814

  Celzard, Alain ^a   Fierro, V ^b   Pizzi, A ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^c Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois   (France)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Fibres; Flocculation; Paper making; Percolation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOCCULATION; FORECASTING; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SOLVENTS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TEXTILE FIBERS;

CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CRITICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CROWDING FACTORS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIBRES; GEOMETRICAL ASPECTS; MEDIUM THEORIES; PERCOLATION; RIGID RODS;

FIBERS;

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CONCENTRATION; DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; FLOCCULATION; FORECASTS; PAPER MAKING; PERCOLATION; SOLVENTS;

CELLULOSIC FIBER; FLOCCULATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 54949123421     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-008-9229-1     Document Type: Article

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