Wetting dynamics and contact angles of powders studied through capillary rise experiments

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 436, Issue , 2013, Pages 371-379

  Depalo, Andrea ^a   Santomaso, Andrea C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Capillary rise; Contact angle; Powder wettability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PACKED BEDS; POROSITY; POWDERS;

CAPILLARY RISE; DYNAMIC CONDITION; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; THEORETICAL MODELS; THREE-PHASE LINES;

WETTING;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GLASS; LACTOSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BULK DENSITY; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CAPILLARY TUBE; COFFEE; CONTACT ANGLE; COUNTERPULSATION; EXPERIMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; POWDER; POWDER FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILASTIC TUBE; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84881239700     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.06.040     Document Type: Article

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