Educational Resources for Particle Technology

Dispersing Particles in Liquids

Technical Areas: capillarity (wicking), chemistry of dispersion, contact angle, diffusion, dispersants, flocculation, foam, interparticle forces (noncontact), surface tension, surfactants, van der Waals forces, wetting

Latest changes: 05Feb21 - Iveson lab demo. fourth Nelson tutorial / 05Mar31 - Transport Book / 07Apr18 - reformat /

TOPIC AREAS
The Significance of PT
Formation from Gas
Formation from Liquid
Comminution, Attrition
Size Enlargement
Particle Physics
Particle Characterization:
   Non-Optical Methods
   Optical Methods
Storage / Discharge:
   Mechanics: wall stress
   Dynamics: flow
Pneumatic Conveying
Fluidized Bed
Mixing and De-mixing
Separation by Size
P./Gas Separation
P./Liquid Separation
Dispersion in Fluids
Rheology
Reaction
Heating, Drying
Safety
Simulation, Modeling
Specific Applications
ERPT Home Page

ERPT Tutorials

Wetting Solids into Liquids
      by Dr. Ralph D. Nelson, Jr., P.E. (DuPont Co., retired)
-- ERPT 012Q-Nelson,

Wetting Behavior of Dry Powders (Laboratory Demonstration)
          by Simon M. Iveson and George V. Franks (Univ of Newcastle)
-- ERPT 051Q-IvFr

Dispersing Solids in Liquids (3rd ed.)
      by Dr. Ralph D. Nelson, Jr., P.E. (DuPont Co., retired)
-- Part 1: Describing Particles in Suspensions
    Annotated Bibliography
      ERPT 014Q-Nelson
-- Part 2: Interaction between Particles in Suspensions,
    Tables of Properties of Common Solids and Liquids
      ERPT 024Q-Nelson
-- Part 3: Chemical Nature of Surfaces and Surfactants
    Tables of Properties of Surfactants
      ERPT 032Q-Nelson
-- Part 4: Surface Thermodynamics
      ERPT 051Q-Nelson


Web Tutorials (Not ERPT)

An Introduction to Surface Chemistry
      by Dr. Roger Nix (Univ. of London),
a public tutorial site on the following topics:
        Structure of Metallic Surfaces
        Adsorption of Molecules on Surfaces
        The Langmuir Isotherm
        UHV & Effects of Gas Pressure
        Surface Analytical Techniques
        Overlayer Structures & Surface Diffraction
        Surface Imaging & Depth Profiling
-- www.chem.qmw.ac.uk/surfaces/scc/

Non-Web Resources

"Introduction to Chemicals Used in Particle Systems",
      by Dr. Richard Klimpel (R.K. Associates)
-- see ERPT's list of non-Web resources

Interfacial Engineering --
      by WeSeeCo Engineering Education Systems
provides interactive educational CDROMs with several sections on dispersion
-- see ERPT's list of non-Web resources

Transport Processes in Bubbles, Drops and Particles, edited by D. De Kee, R. P. Chhabra, Daniel DeKee, and R.P. Chhabra, 2nd edition (Taylor & Francis Group, 2001)

Explanations and Disclaimers
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