Rheological characterization of highly concentrated mineral suspensions using ultrasound velocity profiling with combined pressure difference method

Applied Rheology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Kotzé, Reinhardt ^a   Haldenwang, Rainer ^a   Slatter, Paul ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Non Newtonian; Rheology; Tube viscometry; Ultrasound; UVP PD method

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649909578     PISSN: 14306395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/arh-2008-0020     Document Type: Article

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