In Situ Observation of Taurine Crystallization via Single Droplet Drying

Drying Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 1553-1561

  Lin, Ruohui ^a   Woo, Meng Wai ^a   Fu, Nan ^b   Selomulya, Cordelia ^a   Chen, Xiao Dong ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Fractal analysis; Single droplet drying; Supersaturation; Taurine

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE PARTICLES; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; DRYING TEMPERATURE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; PERIMETER-BASED FRACTAL DIMENSION; SINGLE DROPLET DRYING; TAURINE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DROPS; DRYING; SUPERSATURATION;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 84885116278     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2013.771270     Document Type: Article

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