Solid particles, heterogeneity

Activation free energy for formation of stable solid particle (heterogeneous nucleation)... 

The catalytic effect of solid particles (as ia heterogeneous nucleation) is to reduce the energy barrier to formation of a new phase. This, in effect, can reduce the interfacial energy O significantly. 

There are a large number of processes in the chemical industries that handle a variety of suspensions of solid particles in liquids. The application of filtration techniques for the separation of these heterogeneous systems is sometimes very costly. If, however, the discrete phase of the suspension largely contains settleable particles, the separation can be effected by the operation of sedimentation. The process of sedimentation involves the removal of suspended solid particles from a liquid stream by gravitational settling. This unit operation is divided into thickening,... 

Solid particle-gaseous oxidizer systems have been studied because of applications to propints and expls (Refs 5 14), and hazards due to dust explns (Refs 1,3, 4, 6, 7, 10 15). Strauss (Ref 9) reported on a heterogeneous detonation in a solid particle and gaseous oxidizer mixt the study concerned A1 powder and pure oxygen in a tube. Detonations initiated, by a weak source were obtained in mixts contg 45-60% fuel by mass. Measured characteristics of the detonations agreed with theoretical calcns within about 10%, and detonation pressures of up to 31 atms were observed. With regard to solid particle-air mixts, detonations have not been reported only conditions for expln have been studied (Ref 2)... 

Recently was estimated an expected impact on the global chemistry of the atmosphere of the indirect heterogeneous photocatalytic reactions under the much more abundant near ultraviolet, visible and near infrared solar light [2]. As photocatalysts may serve atmospheric aerosols, i.e. ultrasmall solid particles that sometimes are embedded into liquid droplets. Aerosols are known to contain Ti02, Fc203, ZnO and other natural oxides, as well as metal sulfides of volcanic or antropogenic origin, that may serve as semiconductor photocatalysts (see Fig.5). Aerosols are known to be concentrated mainly in the air layers near the surface of the Earth, i.e. in the troposphere, rather than stratosphere. 

Measuring static granular structures by MRI incurs some complications. The majority of NMR/MRI experiments to date use heterogeneous particles, specifically, solid particles with liquid cores. Thus, a close packed array of such particles would not image as close packed but would show gaps because the solid shells would yield weak or no NMR signal. 

The simulation of reacting flows in packed tubes by CFD is still in its earliest stages. So far, only isothermal surface reactions for simplified geometries and elementary reactions have been attempted. Heterogeneous catalysis with diffusion, reaction, and heat transfer in solid particles coupled to the flow, species, and temperature fields external to the particles remains a challenge for the future. 

Colloid chemistry investigates substance mixtures. These substance mixtures can be heterogenous, such as emulsions (in which tiny droplets of one liquid are dispersed in another), suspensions (consisting of a fine dispersion of solid particles in a liquid volume phase), and aerosols (in which liquid droplets are dispersed in the gas phase). However, there are also homogenous mixtures in which the solute is present in larger, supermolecular aggregates. These homogenous mixtures include micellar solutions and liquid crystalline... 

Gas-Solid Heterogeneous Reaction Mixtures. Gas-solid heterogeneous reaction mixtures may be advantageously irradiated in annular (immersion-type) photochemical reactors. Again, the content of solid particles is limiting the size and the productivity of the reactor system. This is of particular importance when the solid support is used to specifically adsorb substrates or products of the photochemical reaction the first to enhance specificity of radical substitution reactions [20], the latter to reach better photostability and to ensure optimal purity. 

The works of Fukuma et al. [23], Morooka et al. [24] and Clark [25] has indicated that the presence of solid particles in the reactor favours the transition to the heterogeneous flow regime. A critical solid hold-up exists, beyond which the coalescence of bubbles is more frequent. This critical value is higher with smaller particles. Clark [25], studied operation at pressure above 100 bar, and inferred that... 

Figure 19.30 Heterogeneous nucleation of solid (S) oil a solid particle (P) during the...

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