Rayleigh - Bénard instability in sedimentation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2414-2421

  Velegol, Darrell ^a   Shori, Shailesh ^a   Snyder, Charles E ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE MODELS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; DENSITY GRADIENTS; RAYLEIGH; SEDIMENTATION OF PARTICLES; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS;

STABILITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITRATION;

SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 65349103065     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800720k     Document Type: Article

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