Particle Size Measurement

Terence Allen9780412753305, 0412753308

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
Preface to the fifth edition……Page 10
Preface to the first edition……Page 11
1 Permeametry and gas diffusion……Page 14
2 Surface area determination by gas adsorption……Page 52
3 Determination of pore size distribution by gas adsorption……Page 117
4 Pore size determination by mercury porosimetry……Page 162
5 Other methods for determining surface area……Page 204
Appendix Names and addresses of manufacturers and suppliers……Page 237
Author index……Page 252
Subject index……Page 253