Wettability of mineral and metallic powders: Applicability and limitations of sessile drop method and Washburn's technique

Powder Technology

Volumn 226, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-77

  Susana, Laura ^a   Campaci, Filippo ^b   Santomaso, Andrea C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Fileur Trafilerie di Cittadella   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Mineral powders; Washburn's method; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY RISE; CAPILLARY-RISE METHOD; FOOD APPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; METALLIC POWDER; METALLIC SURFACE; MINERAL POWDERS; SESSILE DROP METHOD; WASHBURN'S METHOD; WELDING WIRES; WETTABILITY ASSESSMENT; WETTABILITY MEASUREMENTS; WETTING FLUID;

AGGLOMERATION; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; LIQUIDS; MINERALS; WETTING;

POWDERS;

METAL; MINERAL;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BULK DENSITY; CALIBRATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GRAVITY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMINAR FLOW; METALLURGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; POWDER; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SESSILE DROP METHOD; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY; WASHBURN METHOD; WELDING; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84861856056     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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