Production, Handling and Characterization of Particulate Materials

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Merkus, Henk G. (Editor), Meesters, Gabriel M.H (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Particle Technology Series, 25
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemical engineering.; Nanochemistry.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Nanotechnology.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.

This edited volume presents most techniques and methods that have been developed by material scientists, chemists, chemical engineers and physicists for the commercial production of particulate materials, ranging from the millimeter to the nanometer scale.  The scope includes the physical and chemic...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Contributing Authors - Information
• Introduction
• Industrial Aspects of Crystallization
• Wet Colloid Synthesis: Precipitation and Dispersion
• Granulation and Tabletting
• Particulate Flow and Agglomeration in Food Extrusion
• Comminution
• Atomization, Spraying and Nebulization
• Emulsification: Established and Future Technologies
• Mixing of Solid Materials
• Particle Separations by Filtration and Sedimentation
• Flotation
• Classification
• Storage and Discharge of Bulk Solids
• Solids Transport and Handling
• Sampling and Characterization of Bulk Particulate Materials and Products
• Index.