Investigating the dispersion state of alumina suspensions: Contribution of cryo-field-emission gun scanning electron microscopy characterizations

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 244-249

  Lasalle, Audrey ^a   Guizard, Christian ^a   Deville, Sylvain ^a   Rossignol, Fabrice ^b   Carles, Pierre ^c  

^a SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA PARTICLES; ALUMINA SUSPENSIONS; AMMONIUM POLYACRYLATE; BEST STATE; CERAMIC SUSPENSIONS; COOLING RATES; DISPERSANTS; DISPERSION STATE; SOLID CONTENTS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ORGANIC CARBON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 80053129443     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04034.x     Document Type: Article

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