Particulate products : tailoring properties for optimal performance /
Particulate products make up around eighty percent of chemical products, from all industry sectors. Examples given in this book include construction materials, fine ceramics and concrete, chocolate and ice cream, pharmaceutical, powders, medical inhalers and sun screen, liquid and powder paints. Siz...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
[2014]
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| Series: | Particle technology series (Springer (Firm)) ;
v. 19. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Henk G. Merkus and Gabriel M.H. Meesters
- Basic information for design of particulate products / Henk G. Merkus
- Measurement of particle size, shape, porosity and zeta-potential / Henk G. Merkus
- Assessment and control of fire and explosion hazards and risks of particulates / Saul M. Lemkowitz and Hans J. Pasman
- Particle and fiber toxicology / Georgia K. Hinkley and Stephen M. Roberts
- Ceramics : effect of power and slurry properties on quality / Makio Naito
- Concrete, from a centuries-old construction material to modern particle-based composite concepts / Piet Stroeven and Huan He
- Chocolate / Henk G. Merkus
- Ice cream / Elke Scholten
- Dry powder inhalers / Anthony J. Hickey and Zhen Xu
- The role of particle size in drug release and absorption / Giuseppina Sandri, M. Cristina Conferoni, Franca Ferrari, Silvia Rossi, and Carla M. Caramella
- Pigments and paint dispersions / Henk G. Merkus
- Powder coatings and the effects of particle size / Menno B. Claase, Paul Vercoulen, and Tosko A. Misev
- An overview of physical (particulate) sunscreens / David Fairhurst
- Increase antimicrobial activity of cheese coatings through particle size reduction / Gabriel M.H. Meesters and Stephen L.A. Hennart
- Subject index
- Author index.