Particle Size Measurements Fundamentals, Practice, Quality
This book focuses on the practical aspects of particle size measurement: a major difference with existing books, which have a more theoretical approach. Of course, the emphasis still lies on the measurement techniques. For optimum application, their theor
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Particle Size Measurements Fundamentals, Practice, Quality
Henk G. Merkus
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Drs. Henk G. Merkus Former Ass. Professor Delft University of Technology Park Berkenoord 30 2641 CZ Pijnacker The Netherlands
ISBN: 978-1-4020-9015-8
e-ISBN: 978-1-4020-9016-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2008941080
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Preface
Following my graduation in physical organic chemistry at the University of Amsterdam, I started to work at the Royal Dutch Shell Laboratories in Amsterdam. My first assignment was research in the field of detergents and industrial chemicals. It was followed by development work on thermal wax cracking for production of C2 – C14 olefins and on acid-catalyzed synthesis of carboxylic acids from C3 – C6 olefins. Then, I made a significant change to analytical chemistry, first at Shell’s process development department and later in the chemical engineering department of Delft University of Technology. In both departments, there was a large variety of analytical techniques and development of new methods for automated analysis of small process streams. It was the time that gas chromatography conquered the world. In this field, a firm basis was given by Henk Boer, Arie Kwantes and Frits Zuiderweg at Shell Research Laboratories in Amsterdam, both for packed and for capillary columns. The potential of gas chromatography was huge and, therefore, also in Delft, its use increased enormously. Moreover, the growth of this technique was facilitated significantly by the rapidly developing electronics industry. It not only led to digital peak integrators and personal computers but also enabled complex measurement techniques. In addition, I became involved in surface area and porosity characterization of catalysts and adsorbents, on which topic the research had been initiated by Prof. J.H. de Boer. Then, Prof. Brian Scarlett came to Delft to set up education and research in particle technology. He had a very broad vision for research topics in Delft. The responsibility for particle size analysis came to my laboratory, soon followed by a Malvern 2600 laser diffraction instrument and a Coulter counter. This was the time of modernization of particle size and shape analysis techniques and many conferences on this subject. We in Delft took our part in these developments and also acquired more commercial instruments. We were lucky to have outstanding PhD students to improve the techniques of laser diffraction, dynamic light scattering and image analysis as well as their application for in- and on-line measurement: Arthur Boxm
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