Dispersion of fine and ultrafine powders through surface modification and rapid expansion

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 85, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-24

  Ghoroi, Chinmay ^a   Han, Xi ^a   To, Daniel ^a   Jallo, Laila ^a   Gurumurthy, Lakxmi ^a   Davé, Rajesh N ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Flow function coefficient; Flow properties; Improved dispersion; Pharmaceutical powders; Ultrafine powders

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DISPERSIONS; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SILICA;

BULK DENSITY; FLOW FUNCTION; FLOW PROPERTIES; PHARMACEUTICAL POWDER; ULTRA FINE POWDER;

POWDERS;

EID: 84869887222     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.038     Document Type: Article

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