ntroduction to Particle Technology; Contents; About the Contributors; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction; 1 Particle Size Analysis; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 DESCRIBING THE SIZE OF A SINGLE PARTICLE; 1.3 DESCRIPTION OF POPULATIONS OF PARTICLES; 1.4 CONVERSION BETWEEN DISTRIBUTIONS; 1.5 DESCRIBING THE POPULATION BY A SINGLE NUMBER; 1.6 EQUIVALENCE OF MEANS; 1.7 COMMON METHODS OF DISPLAYING SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; 1.7.1 Arithmetic-normal Distribution; 1.7.2 Log-normal Distribution; 1.8 METHODS OF PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT; 1.8.1 Sieving; 1.8.2 Microscopy. 1.8.3 Sedimentation1.8.4 Permeametry; 1.8.5 Electrozone Sensing; 1.8.6 Laser Diffraction; 1.9 SAMPLING; 1.10 WORKED EXAMPLES; TEST YOURSELF; EXERCISES; 2 Single Particles in a Fluid; 2.1 MOTION OF SOLID PARTICLES IN A FLUID; 2.2 PARTICLES FALLING UNDER GRAVITY THROUGH A FLUID; 2.3 NON-SPHERICAL PARTICLES; 2.4 EFFECT OF BOUNDARIES ON TERMINAL VELOCITY; 2.5 FURTHER READING; 2.6 WORKED EXAMPLES; TEST YOURSELF; EXERCISES; 3 Multiple Particle Systems; 3.1 SETTLING OF A SUSPENSION OF PARTICLES; 3.2 BATCH SETTLING; 3.2.1 Settling Flux as a Function of Suspension Concentration. 3.2.2 Sharp Interfaces in Sedimentation3.2.3 The Batch Settling Test; 3.2.4 Relationship Between the Height-Time Curve and the Flux Plot; 3.3 CONTINUOUS SETTLING; 3.3.1 Settling of a Suspension in a Flowing Fluid; 3.3.2 A Real Thickener (with Upflow and Downflow Sections); 3.3.3 Critically Loaded Thickener; 3.3.4 Underloaded Thickener; 3.3.5 Overloaded Thickener; 3.3.6 Alternative Form of Total Flux Plot; 3.4 WORKED EXAMPLES; TEST YOURSELF; EXERCISES; 4 Slurry Transport; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 FLOW CONDITION; 4.3 RHEOLOGICAL MODELS FOR HOMOGENEOUS SLURRIES; 4.3.1 Non-Newtonian Power-law Models. 4.3.2 Pressure Drop Prediction for Slurries Exhibiting Power-law Rheology4.3.3 Non-Newtonian Yield Stress Models; 4.3.4 Pressure Drop Prediction for Slurries Exhibiting Bingham Plastic Rheology; 4.4 HETEROGENEOUS SLURRIES; 4.4.1 Critical Deposition Velocity; 4.5 COMPONENTS OF A SLURRY FLOW SYSTEM; 4.5.1 Slurry Preparation; 4.5.2 Pumps; 4.5.3 Pipeline; 4.5.4 Slurry De-watering; 4.6 FURTHER READING; 4.7 WORKED EXAMPLES; TEST YOURSELF; EXERCISES; 5 Colloids and Fine Particles; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 BROWNIAN MOTION; 5.3 SURFACE FORCES; 5.3.1 van der Waals Forces. 5.3.2 Electrical Double Layer Forces5.3.3 Adsorbing Polymers, Bridging and Steric Forces; 5.3.4 Other Forces; 5.3.5 Net Interaction Force; 5.4 RESULT OF SURFACE FORCES ON BEHAVIOUR IN AIR AND WATER; 5.5 INFLUENCES OF PARTICLE SIZE AND SURFACE FORCES ON SOLID/LIQUID SEPARATION BY SEDIMENTATION; 5.5.1 Sedimentation Rate; 5.5.2 Sediment Concentration and Consolidation; 5.6 SUSPENSION RHEOLOGY; 5.7 INFLUENCE OF SURFACE FORCES ON SUSPENSION FLOW; 5.7.1 Repulsive Forces; 5.7.2 Attractive Forces; 5.8 NANOPARTICLES; 5.9 WORKED EXAMPLES; TEST YOURSELF; EXERCISES.

Particle technology is a term used to refer to the science and technology related to the handling and processing of particles and powders. The production of particulate materials, with controlled properties tailored to subsequent processing and applications, is of major interest to a wide range of industries, including chemical and process, food, pharmaceuticals, minerals and metals companies and the handling of particles in gas and liquid solutions is a key technological step in chemical engineering. This textbook provides an excellent introduction to particle technology with worked exam.