Powder dispersion in liquids

Powders dispersed in liquids consist of agglomerates—a collection of aggregates—which in turn are composed of primary particles. Agglomerates... 

Molybdenum disulhde (M0S2), graphite, hexagonal boron nitride, and boric acid are examples of lamella materials commonly applied as solid lubricants. The self-lubricating nature of the materials results from the lamella crystalline structure that can shear easily to provide low friction. Some of these materials used to be added to oils and greases in powder forms to enhance their lubricity. Attention has been shifted in recent years to the production and use of nanosize particles of M0S2, WS2, and graphite to be dispersed in liquid lubricants, which yields substantial decreases in friction and wear. 

Dispersions of finely divided solids in non-aqueous media have been important for paints, inks, reinforced polymers and lubricating oils, but with the development of liquid toner systems and "ultra-structure" processing of ceramics as fine powders dispersed in organic media, the understanding and optimization of such systems is more important than ever. 

There are basically seven different ways in which molybdenum disulphide can be used alone, namely as a free powder, dispersed in a liquid, as a compact, by in situ formation, as a burnished film, as a transfer film or in a sputtered film. Some... 

A simple test for wetting efficiency is to make up suspensions using the same concentration of powder but different wetting agents and allow the suspension to settle out. About a gram of powder dispersed in 10 ml of liquid is suitable. Slow settling, a clear interface between the clear liquid and the turbid lower layers and a small depth of sediment indicate the best... 

One of the most important practical problems associated with powders concerns their dispersion in liquids, and this is relevant to a wide variety of industries. The term dispersion does not mean the same to everyone—in the present context it refers to the complete process of incorporating a powder into a liquid medium such that the Hnal product consists of fine particles distributed throughout the medium. Often dispersion is used to refer to the whole or individual parts of this process, and misunderstandings readily arise. 

Some of the first commercial conductive epoxy adhesives were simply based on silver powder dispersed in a liquid epoxy resin [e.g., diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA)] with an aliphatic amine [e.g., triethylene tetramine (TETA)] as a curing agent. Although capable of room-temperature cure, commercialization of this type of system was hampered by severe mix ratio disparity (typically, 50 1 by weight), problematic mixing due to viscosity differences, short pot life, and safety concerns. See Table 3 for typical properties of this type of formulation. 

Suspensions and emulsions can sometimes be easily measured using the continuous phase of the original sample as the diluent in the analyzer. When powders are dispersed in liquid, the solvent must meet the following criteria ... 

SBAS reinforcing fibers were fabricated via the ACI s viscous suspension spinning process (VSSP) °. In this process, cellulose is digested in a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution in the form of a viscous liquid (viscose) that is mixed with the SBAS powder dispersed in a water slurry (Figure 2a). It should be noted that the lower amount of HTE, compared to the matrix composition, was used in the mixture for fibers to increase their sintering temperature and prevent strong fiber-to-matrix bonding. 

Qi, Li Feke, DL. Manas-Zloczower Effect of the shear stress on the Carbon Black Dispersion in Liquid Medium. Powder Technology, 1997, Vol. 92,>fo 1,17-24. 

For laser diffraction, sizing may be carried out on both particles dispersed in liquid as well as dry powders using dry powder feeders. Laser diffraction is also very useful for sizing aerosol particles and sprays. Increasingly, there has been an attempt to use information from diffraction to elucidate shape parameters. 

The dried precursor is dispersed in liquid and spray dried obtaining a spherical powder with the proper characteristics for a fluid bed as described by Geldart. ... 

Ultrasonic devices have been extensively used to process sol-gel precursor solutions, e.g. precursor dispersion in liquid solution. Besides, several works report on the fabrication of calibrated powders from ultrasonically sprayed sol-gel precursors (process D, according to classification by Vigui6 and Spitz). The sol-gel fabrication of micro-lenses from a drop-on-demand ultrasonic nozzle (ink-jet type) was also studied in details (Biehl, 1998 Danzebrink, 1999, 2001). However, in this latter case, no aerosol was formed. When considering the use of an ultrasonically generated aerosol, it appears that very few works... 

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