A quantitative framework for the formation of liquid marbles and hollow granules from hydrophobic powders

Powder Technology

Volumn 223, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-76

  Eshtiaghi, Nicky ^a,b   Hapgood, Karen P ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dry water; Hollow granule; Hydrophobic granulation; Liquid marble; Non wetting

Indexed keywords

AEROSILS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; HOLLOW GRANULE; HYDROPHOBIC GLASS; HYDROPHOBIC PARTICLES; HYDROPHOBIC POWDER; LIQUID MARBLE; MECHANICAL DISPERSION; NON-WETTING; PACKED POWDER; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL FLOW; QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA; SPREADING COEFFICIENTS; STEP-BY-STEP; STEREO-MICROSCOPES; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

DROPS; GLYCEROL; GRANULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARBLE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POWDERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

LIQUIDS;

AEROSIL; GLASS; GLYCEROL; POLITEF; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID MARBLE; MATERIAL STATE; POWDER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84555179945     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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