A settling tube to determine the terminal velocity and size distribution of fluidized nanoparticle agglomerates

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  De Martín, Lilian ^a   Sanchez Prieto J ^b   Hernandez Jimenez F ^b   Van Ommen, J Ruud ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Clusters; Density; Fluidization; Fractal dimension; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERS; MEASURE IN SITU; NANOPARTICLE AGGLOMERATES; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; SPLASH ZONE; TERMINAL VELOCITY; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

AGGREGATES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLUIDIZATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; NANOPARTICLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AGGLOMERATION;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 84889240077     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2183-3     Document Type: Article

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