Morphological characterization of fumed silica aggregates

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 182-186

  Boldridge, David ^a  

^a CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; FRACTAL DESCRIPTION; FUMED SILICAS; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATIONS; LACUNARITY; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MASS FRACTAL DIMENSION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PARTICLE DIMENSIONS; PREFACTORS; PRIMARY PARTICLE SIZE; PRIMARY PARTICLES; PROJECTED AREA;

AGGREGATES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGGLOMERATION;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77949613894     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820903499462     Document Type: Article

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