Suspension of ultrahigh concentration solids in an agitated vessel

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1291-1298

  Wang, Steven ^a   Parthasarathy, Rajarathinam ^b   Bong, Eng Ying ^b   Wu, Jie ^a   Slatter, Paul ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84858155186     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12657     Document Type: Article

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