Granulation pendular state

Newitt and Conway-Iones4 found that there are four types of liquid state of granules depending on the liquid content in the granules. These states are known as pendular, funicular, capillary and droplet. 

In the pendular state, the particles have been exposed to sufficient granulating solution for liquid bridges to begin to form. Since the pendular state is characterized by a... 

Depending on the amount of liquid in the bridges that form a granule, four states of liquid bonding have been identified pendular, funicular, capillary, and droplet (Lloyd, 1983) (Figure 14). In the pendular state, depending on the powder composition, the strongest forces can be involved ... 

Nucleation This is where individual powder particles adhere to each other due to the liquid films. These particles will go through the different states discussed above from the pendular to the capillary state. These agglomerated particles in the capillary state will serve as nuclei for further granule growth. 

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