Nonspherical Particle Measurement: Shape Factor, Fractals, and Fibers

Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 507-547

  Kulkarni, Pramod ^a   Baron, Paul A ^a   Sorensen, Christopher M ^b   Harper, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"fiber" application, to variety of nonspherical particles elongated shapes; Applications, nonspherical particle measurement fractals, aerosol measurement techniques; Graticule, defining counting field in phase contrast microscope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887359585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118001684.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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