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