A comparison of contact angle measurement techniques applied to highly porous catalyst supports

Powder Technology

Volumn 233, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-64

  Nowak, Emilia ^a   Combes, Gary ^b   Stitt, E Hugh ^b   Pacek, Andrzej W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY CATALYSTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capillary rise; Catalyst support; Contact angle; Highly porous particles; Sessile drop; Thin layer wicking

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY RISE; CAPILLARY-RISE METHOD; CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GLASS SLIDES; MASS BALANCE; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; POROUS PARTICLE; POROUS POWDERS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; SESSILE DROP METHOD; SESSILE DROPS; SOLID/LIQUID; THIN-LAYER WICKING; TIO;

ALUMINUM; CATALYST SUPPORTS; DROPS; GLASS; PARAFFIN OILS; PARAFFINS; POROUS MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WETTING; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

CONTACT ANGLE;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; GLASS; PARAFFIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST SUPPORT; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE; LIQUID; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84867753103     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2012.08.032     Document Type: Article

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