Advances in Measurement and Control of Colloidal Processes

Preface

Participants and Advisors

Part I: Processing and Characterization of Aggregated Materials

1. Effects of Dosing and Mixing Conditions on Flocculation by Polymers

2. Opportunities for Dewatering Aggregated Colloidal Materials Using Small Diameter Hydrocyclones

3. Using Polymer Theory to Calculate the First Cumulant of an Aggregating Suspension

4. Consolidation of Depletion Flocculated Concentrated Suspensions - Influence of Non-adsorbing Polymer Concentration

5. Interface Chemistry for Optimized Sludge Dewatering in Wastewater Treatment

6. Dispersity of Stability of Ultra-Fine Ammonium Perchlorate Particles in Liquid-Media

7. On the Disintegration of Submicron Aggregates

Part II: Developments in Instrumentation for Monitoring and Characterization of Dispersions

8. Tomographic Imaging of Phase Boundaries in Multi-component Processes

9. A Sedimentation Analyzer Suitable for Opaque Dispersions

10. Improvements in Electrophoretic Mobility Measurements Using Laser-Doppler Techniques

11. Novel Electrochemical Techniques for CMC and Self-diffusion Studies of Micelles

12. Monitoring the Amount of Microgel Structures in Aqueous Solutions of Ionic and Non-ionic Polymers Using the Electrical Sensing Zone Technique

Part III: Controlled Particle Formation Technologies

13. Nucleation and Crystallization Phenomena Hosted in Emulsions - Application to Microparticle Formation

14. Formation and Surface Engineering of Magnetic Polymers Beads for Largescale Bioprocess Applications

15. A Hydrothermal Method to Produce Titanate Powders

16. A Hydrothermal Method to Produce Barium Ferrite Powders

17. Surface Modification of Ultra-Fine Ammonium Perchlorate and Its Influence on Propellant Properties

Part IV: Mineral and Inorganic Colloids - Micro and Macroscopic Characterization Methods

18. The Determination of Surface Tension Parameters of Powders by Thin Layer Wicking

19. Affinity of Nitrogen for the Surface of Talc - Relation to the Natural Hydrophobicity of this Mineral

20. Microelectrophoresis of Homoionic Illites

21. Factors Effecting Colloid Stability of Concentrated Mixed Aqueous Dispersions of Titanium Dioxide/Carbon Black/Polyvinylalcohol

22. Electrokinetic Surface Investigations - An Important Technique for Ceramic Powder Processing

23. Rheological Study of Blends of Laponite and Polymeric Thickeners

Part V: Measurement and Simulation of Complex Colloidal Processes

24. Modeling of the Physics of Foam

25. Towards the Animation of Colloidal Particle-Particle and Particle-Surface Interactions in Various Force Fields Using a Supercomputer

26. Coexistent Phases in Oil-in-Water Emulsions Flocculated by Polysaccharide

27. Streaming Potential Measurements of Films and Fibers

Part VI: Advances and Problems in Micron and Sub-Micron Sizing Techniques

28. Comparative Particle Size Measurements Using the Electrical Sensing Zone and Laser Diffraction Methods: A Collaborative Study

29. Particle Size Distribution of Biomodals: A Comparative Study of Submicron Sizing Instrumentation

30. Maximum Entropy Inversion of Static Light Scattering Data for the Particle Size Distribution by Number and Volume

31. Comparison of Methods for High Resolution Sub-micron Sizing by Quasi-Light Scattering (PCS)

32. Non-Invasive Particle Size Measurement Using Dielectric Sedimentation Sensors: A Comparison with Electrical Sensing and Andreasen Methods