Restructuring of aggregates and their primary particle size distribution during sintering

AIChE Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1118-1126

  Eggersdorfer, Maximilian L ^a   Pratsinis, Sotiris E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agglomerate; Grain boundary diffusion; Lattice diffusion; Primary particle size distribution; Sintering; Viscous flow

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATE; GEOMETRIC STANDARD DEVIATIONS; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; LATTICE DIFFUSION; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; PARTICLE PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SINTERING MECHANISM;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; COALESCENCE; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VISCOUS FLOW; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

SINTERING;

EID: 84875340476     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14043     Document Type: Article

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