Textural analysis, particulate

This paper is a brief review of original basic engineering research in morphological analysis applied to particle characterization which has been conducted during the last 20 years at the University of Iowa, Center for Particulate Material Processing Sciences. The topics discussed include definitions, theory, instrumental and experimental aspects of size, shape and texture measurements of particulate material. 

Morphological analysis is concerned with particle characterization in the case of particle size, particle shape and particle texture. Particle texture may deal with the particle surface characteristics and also with the particle microstructure. Particle size and shape influence physical and chemical properties of particulate materials. Morphological analysis is being developed in order to facilitate a more accurate description of the properties and behavior of particulate systems from a fundamental knowledge of the characteristics of the particles of the system [1,2]. 

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