Educational Resources for Particle Technology

Particle Formation from Gases

Technical Areas: condensation from the gas phase, formation from flames and plasma, formation from supercritical fluids

Latest changes: 06Sep22 - films from vapor deposition / 07Apr18 - reformat /

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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

Web Sites of Educational Interest

Precipitation from supercritical solvents
      by S. Howdle (Univ. of Nottingham)
a two page article describing the use of an anti-solvent additive
-- http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/supercritical/scantsol.html.

Formation of nanoparticles using a plasma reactor
      by C.C.Berndt, A.H.King, T.Chraska (SUNY at Stony Brook)
      and J.Karthikeyan (Heany Industries)
A survey of processes available for synthesis
-- http://www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/tsl/ctsr/nuggets/nugget1/.

Preparation of Thin Films
The following links go to brief descriptions of several methods for preparing thin films of volatile or non-volatile materials on a substrate. The substrate on which the film is produced may be a bulk surface (a flat plate, for example) or a particulate material (pulverized flakes, for example).
Thanks to American Elements for recommending these links:
    Physical Vapor Deposition by Evaporation
      -- www.siliconfareast.com/evaporation.htm
    Physical Vapor Deposition by Sputtering
      -- www.siliconfareast.com/sputtering.htm
      Sputtering is the most widely-used method of preparing
      thin films for VLSI (very large scale integrated circuits)
    Chemical Vapor Deposition
      -- www.siliconfareast.com/cvd.htm

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