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The most commonly measured pigment properties ate elemental analysis, impurity content, crystal stmcture, particle size and shape, particle size distribution, density, and surface area. These parameters are measured so that pigments producers can better control production, and set up meaningful physical and chemical pigments specifications. Measurements of these properties ate not specific only to pigments. The techniques appHed are commonly used to characterize powders and soHd materials and the measutiag methods have been standardized ia various iadustries. 

Properties Affecting Solids Mixing Wide differences among properties such as particle-size distribution, density, shape, and surface characteristics (such as elec trostatic charge) may m e blending very difficult. In fact, the properties of the ingredients dominate the mixing operation. The most commonly observed characteristics of solids are as follows ... 

Also, it seems that most of these properties are interdependent. For example, deaeration and permeability (Mainwaring and Reed, 1987) and perhaps the bulk density ratio (Jones and Mills, 1989) seem to provide an adequate mechanism to detect changes in material performance due to different particle size distribution, density and/or shape. However, possibly the greatest disadvantage or limitation of these empirical techniques is the need to standardize the experimental apparatus and techniques. For exam-... 

The physical properties of pellets have been widely used to determine an acceptable yield of pellets. These include shape indices, size and size distribution, densities, pore volume and distribution, flow properties, and friability. Of course, drug release from the pellets is a critical parameter to be monitored in order to ensure potency and uniformity of drug distribution. 

Indices are dimensionless parameters derived from various mechanical and physical properties of the tablet blend and resulting compacts. Mechanical properties typically measured include indentation hardness (kinetic and static), elastic modulus, and tensile strength (10,11). Physical properties include particle size, shape, and size distribution, density (true, bulk, and tapped), flow properties and cohesive properties. 

The most important characteristics of the final formulation to be compacted are particle size and particle size distribution, density and/or porosity, powder flow, cohesiveness, and lubrication. Particle size, particle size distribution, and density and porosity of the formula will not be addressed here because they are the result of other operations in the scale-up sequence, such as granulation and milling. They should be evaluated as part of those specific operations. It should be noted, however, that the influence of particle size on powder flow and, therefore, on uniform die fill is very important to the compaction operation, but is not a result of it. The one consideration to keep in mind during scale-up is the speed of the press, which will directly affect the time available for the die filling to occur. This is an important parameter to observe carefully. 

Properties of the feed amounts, size distribution, densities and chemical analyses. 

Particle size distribution Density (bulk and tapped)... 

To characterize a ceramic powder, a representative sample must be taken. Methods of sampling and their errors therefore are discussed. Powder characteristics, including shape, size, size distribution, pore size distribution, density, and specific surface area, are discussed. Emphasis is placed on particle size distribution, using log-normal distributions, because of its importance in ceramic powder processing. A quantitative method for the comparison of two particle size distributions is presented, in addition to equations describing the blending of several powders to reach a particular size distribution. 

Thermal conversion of biomass/waste streams in oses demands on the fuel quality. The basic physical properties of the biomass and waste streams, such as moisture content, ash content and melting temperature, particle size (distribution), density and calorific value are irrqioitant properties, which determine the design specifications of a new installation to a large extent, The fact that biomass and waste Streams are usually til defined, leads to a significant spread in physical and chemical data. 

The dual site-bond description (DD) of disordered stmctures [3] allows a proper modeling of the porous structure. In the context of this treatment, two kinds of alternately intercormected void entities are thought to conform the porous network, i.e. the sites (cavities) and the bonds (capillaries, necks). C bonds meet into a site and each bond is the link between two sites. Thus a twofold distribution of sites and bonds is required to construct a porous network. For simplicity, the size of each entity can be measured in terms of a quantity, R, defined as follows for sites, considered as hollow spheres, R is the radius of the sphere while for bonds, idealized as hollow cylinders open at both ends, R is the radius of the cylinder. Under the DD scheme, FgfR) andFg(R)are the size distribution density functions, for sites and bonds respectively, on a number of elements basis and normalized so that the probabilities to find a site or a bond having a size R or smaller are ... 

The performance of eddy-current separators depends on parameters such as belt speed, rotor speed, and splitter (or splitters) position. Separation is also affected by the characteristics of the feed such as particle size, shape and conductivity, size distribution, density, and moisture. In general, the capacity of eddy-current separators broadly ranges between 1 and 20 tons/hour per 1 m of belt width, depending on the material density and particle size. As electromechanical forces depend on particle size, for efficient separation solid waste stream must be classified into proper size fractions. In general, eddy-current separators process solid waste with particle size between 150 and 3 mm, and, sometimes... 

Physical aspects of particles (number or mass size distribution, density and shape). 

Physical properties Specific surface area Primary particle size and size distribution Agglomerate size and size distribution Porosity, total quantity and pore size distribution Density... 

Figure 6.7 Catalyst engineering involves an optimal combination of interdependent structural elements that yields the catalytic, mechanical, and physicochemical (specific surface area and pore size distribution, density, surface functionality, and acidity) properties desired for successful industrial applications. Solid arrows indicate primary contributions of catalyst components to the desired properties. Dashed arrows indicate secondary influences of these components via the interdependent nature of some properties.

Solids shape, size and size distribution, density, strength, abrasiveness... 

The polymeric membrane has three important structural levels (1) the molecular, which is equivalent to the chemical nature of the polymer, is characterized by polar, steric, and ionic factors, and is also responsible for the membranes microcrystalline nature (2) the microcrystalhne, which affects both the transport and mechanical properties of the membrane and (3) the colloidal, which is concerned with the a e-gation of macromolecules and governs the statistics of pores (size, size distribution, density, and void volume). It is desirable to develop new characterization methods at each level to achieve a more rigorous understanding of the polymeric structure in the membrane. 

Therefore, the technological challenge is large, particularly in the case of particle mixtures with near similar physical properties such as size and size distribution, density and morphology. Then, differences in surface chemistry can be exploited to separate the particles,for instance via flotation [33],L-L interfacial partitioning [34-36], foam and gas aphrons (stabilised micro-bubbles) fractionation, and electrophoretic and electrostatic techniques. This whole field, despite its maturity in other industries such as metallurgy and solid waste fractionation, is totally imderdeveloped for fine-chemical and biotechnological production methods. 

In this paper, the influence of alumina LOI (loss on ignition) on the dissolution behavior of alumina in cryolite-based melts was investigated. Besides bath temperature and bath composition, the dissolution rate of alumina depends on its physicochemical properties such as particle size distribution, density, specific surface area, crystal structure, and LOI. 

To date, few reports are available on the effect of the powders properties such as particle size, distribution, density and morphology on the densification behavior and the mechanical and microstructural characteristics of those powder compacts [33, 125-128]. In order to study the aspect ratio effect on densification, high-aspect ratio nanopowder or rod-shaped particles (aspect ratio 7.2) and low-aspect ratio or spherical nanopowders (aspect ratio 1.3 0.3) were synthesized using an emulsion technique with different parameters [103]. The specific average surface areas of the as-synthesized spherical and rod-shaped HA powders were 39and 29m g" ,... 

Hewett P. The particle size distribution, density, and specific surface area of welding fumes from SMAW and GMAW mild and stainless steel consumables. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1955 6 128-135. 

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