Measuring the flowing properties of powders and grains

Powder Technology

Volumn 224, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-27

  Lumay, G ^a,b   Boschini, F ^a   Traina, K ^a   Bontempi, S ^a   Remy, J C ^a   Cloots, R ^a   Vandewalle, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FRS FRNS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angle of repose; Cohesion; Flowability; Packing fraction; Powder characterization; Powder rheometer

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF REPOSE; COHESION; FLOWABILITY; PACKING FRACTIONS; POWDER CHARACTERIZATION; POWDER RHEOMETERS;

CHARACTERIZATION; DYNAMICS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; POWDERS; SILICON CARBIDE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

SILICON CARBIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOUR; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRAIN; GRAIN SHAPE; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRANULAR MATERIAL; HEAP SHAPE MEASUREMENT; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POWDER; POWDER COMPACTION MEASUREMENT; QUASI STATIC STATE; RICE; ROTATING DRUM MEASUREMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATIC STATE;

EID: 84860530703     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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