Particle Size Measurement

Terence Allen9780412729508, 0412729504

This is the fifth edition of the highly successful work first published in 1968, comprising two definitive volumes on particle characterisation. The first volume is devoted to sampling and particle size measurement, while surface area and pore size determination are reviewed in volume 2.Particle size and characterisation are central to understanding powder properties and behaviour. This book describes numerous potential measuring devices, how they operate and their advantages and disadvantages. It comprise a fully comprehensive treatise on the wide range of available equipment with an extensive literature survey, and a list of manufacturers and suppliers.The author’s blend of academic and industrial experience results in a readable technical book with information on how to analyse, present, and extract useful information from data. This is an essential reference book for both industrial and academic research workers in a variety of areas including: pharmaceuticals, food science, pollution analysis and control, electronic materials, agricultural products, polymers, pigments and chemicals.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 4
Acknowledgements……Page 14
1 Powder sampling……Page 16
2.1 Introduction……Page 59
2.2 Particle size……Page 60
2.3 Average diameters……Page 65
2.5 Particle shape……Page 69
2.6 Determination of specific surface from size distribution data……Page 77
2.7 Tabular presentation of particle size distribution……Page 80
2.8 Graphical presentation of size distribution data……Page 83
2.10 Arithmetic normal distribution……Page 84
2.11 The log-normal distribution……Page 87
2.15 The law of compensating errors……Page 101
3 Particle size by image analysis……Page 127
4 Particle size analysis by sieving……Page 171
5 Fluid classification……Page 205
6 Interaction between fluids and particles……Page 238
7 Sedimentation theory……Page 284
8 Sedimentation methods of particle size measurement……Page 315
9 Stream scanning methods of particle size measurement……Page 342
10 Field scanning methods of particle size measurement……Page 407
11 Industrial applications of particle size measurement……Page 464
Subject Index……Page 504