Description
This book provides the reader with a good general understanding of the importance, techniques and industrial application of particulate materials characterisation. The reader will then be in a better position to diagnose solids handling and processing problems in industry, and to deal with experts and equipment suppliers from an informed standpoint. The book will cover the fundamental characteristics of individual particles and bulk particulate materials, including: particle size, shape and density, bulk density, fluidisation behaviour, the flow properties and the characterisation of powders for explosion potential. Measurement techniques will be described and the use of material characteristics in design and industrial practice will be discussed. There will also be sections on the processes and operating conditions required to “engineer” particles with desired characteristics. Throughout the book the application of characterisation data in industry is considered, and an additional separate chapter consolidates this aspect to provide a detailed summary for industrial practitioners.
