Granule formation mechanisms and morphology from single drop impact on powder beds

Powder Technology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-79

  Emady, Heather N ^a   Kayrak Talay, Defne ^a   Schwerin, William C ^c   Litster, James D ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crater formation; Granule morphology; Nucleation; Spreading; Tunneling; Wet granulation

Indexed keywords

BED SURFACE; CAPILLARY ACTION; COARSER POWDERS; COHESIVE POWDER; CRATER FORMATION; DESCRIPTORS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; DISTILLED WATER; DROP IMPACT; FLAT DISK; GRANULE FORMATIONS; GRANULE MORPHOLOGY; GRANULE PROPERTIES; GRANULE STRUCTURE; HIGH-IMPACT VELOCITIES; LIQUID BINDERS; LOW-IMPACT VELOCITY; POWDER AGGREGATES; POWDER BED; PROJECTED AREA; SHAPE FACTOR; SILICONE OIL; SINGLE DROPS; SPREADING; STATIC POWDERS; STATIC-BEDS; THREE DIMENSIONS; TUNNELING MECHANISM; WET GRANULATION;

ASPECT RATIO; BINDERS; DROPS; HIGH SPEED CAMERAS; ION BEAMS; MORPHOLOGY; POWDERS; SILICONES;

GRANULATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POROSITY; POWDER; PREDICTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79960024788     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.04.030     Document Type: Article

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