On the use of the Iodide Iodate Reaction Method for assessing mixing times in continuous flow mixers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 835-840

  Kolbl A ^a   Kraut, M ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

IEM model; Iodide Iodate Reaction Method; Micromixing; Mixer model; Mixing model; Mixing time; Villermaux Dushman reaction

Indexed keywords

IEM MODEL; IODIDE IODATES; MICRO-MIXING; MIXER MODEL; MIXING MODEL; MIXING TIME; VILLERMAUX/DUSHMAN REACTION;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

MIXING;

EID: 79952595592     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12313     Document Type: Article

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