Agglomeration of hydrophobic powders via solid spreading nucleation

Powder Technology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Hapgood, K P ^a   Farber, L ^b   Michaels, J N ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulation; Granule structure; Hydrophobic; Liquid marble; Non wetting; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POWDERS; TOMOGRAPHY; WETTING;

EMPTY CORES; FINE POWDERS; GRANULE PROPERTIES; GRANULE STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBIC; HYDROPHOBIC POWDERS; HYDROPHOBIC SYSTEMS; NON-WETTING; NUCLEATION AND GROWTHS; NUCLEATION MECHANISMS; NUCLEI FORMATIONS; OPTICAL-; SHEAR MIXERS; WET GRANULATIONS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES;

GRANULATION;

AGGLOMERATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; X RAY;

EID: 56949097040     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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