Granule nucleation and growth: Competing drop spreading and infiltration processes

Powder Technology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Charles Williams, Heledd R ^a   Wengeler, Robert ^b   Flore, Karin ^b   Feise, Herman ^b   Hounslow, Michael J ^a   Salman, Agba D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drop penetration; Drop spreading; Granulation; Nucleation kinetics; Tanner Law

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LINES; DROP PENETRATION; DROP SPREADING; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLUIDISED BED; HIGH SHEAR MIXERS; INFILTRATION PROCESS; INFILTRATION RATE; LIQUID BINDERS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NUCLEATION KINETICS; POROUS POWDERS; POROUS SURFACE; POWDER BED; POWDER MIXTURES; POWDER PARTICLES; SINGLE DROPS; TANNER LAW; WET GRANULATION;

BINDERS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GRANULATION; LIQUIDS; NUCLEATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

DROPS;

LACTOSE; MACROGOL; POVIDONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DRY POWDER; FLOW KINETICS; POROSITY; PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCOSITY; WET GRANULATION;

EID: 78649809238     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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