Introduction to the Study of Environmental Fractals

Biophysical Chemistry of Fractal Structures and Processes in Environmental Systems

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-10

  Senesi, Nicola ^a   Wilkinson, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental fractals; Fractal dimension estimating method; Fractal dimensions and complex system physicochemistry; Fractal geometry and disordered systems; Fractal geometry and occupying space; Fractal geometry in growth quantification, polymerization; Particle cluster aggregation and cluster cluster aggregation; Small angle neutron scattering (SANS)

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING;

CLUSTER-CLUSTER AGGREGATION; DISORDERED SYSTEM; ESTIMATING METHOD; FRACTAL GEOMETRY;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 84948402121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470511206.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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