Fabrication of ultrafine powder from eri silk through attritor and jet milling

Powder Technology

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 155-163

  Rajkhowa, Rangam ^a   Wang, Lijing ^a   Kanwar, Jagat ^a   Wang, Xungai ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eri silk; Milling; Particle size; Silk powder

Indexed keywords

AIR JETS; BIOMATERIAL APPLICATIONS; COLOUR CHANGES; ERI SILK; FIBRE STRENGTHS; FINE POWDERS; JET MILLINGS; MATERIAL LOADS; MILLING; MILLING TIME; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; POWDER PRODUCTIONS; PRE TREATMENTS; PROCESS CONTROL AGENTS; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; SILK FIBRES; SILK POWDER; SIZE RANGES; ULTRA FINE POWDERS; ULTRAFINE; WATER RATIOS; WET PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DRYING; FIBERS; JETS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDERS; SILK; SPRAY DRYING;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 60449112162     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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