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Publication history: Received March 3, 2008
Accepted June 4, 2008

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A comparative study of particle size analysis in fine powder: The effect of a polycomponent particulate system

Heekyu Choi^† Woong Lee Dong-Uk Kim Shalendra Kumar Jonghak Ha¹ Seongsoo Kim² Jungeun Lee³

School of Nano & Advanced Materials Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon 641-773, Korea ¹Interdisciplinary Program in Powder Technology Graduate School, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea ²BK21 “Eco-Friendly Heat & Cold Energy Mechanical Research” Team, Gyeongsang National University, Tongyoung 650-160, Korea ³Industrial Liaison Innovation Cluster, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea

hkchoi99@changwon.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, January 2009, 26(1), 300-305(6), 10.1007/s11814-009-0052-7

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Abstract

We report the particle size distribution of poly component particulate systems studied in three kinds of experimental methods. Six analyzers, such as Mastersizer Microplus (Malvern Instruments Ltd., UK), LS230 (Coulter Electronics Ltd., USA) LMS30 (Seishin, Japan), Analysette22 (Fritsch, Germany), HELOS (Sympatec, Germany) based on a laser diffraction and scattering method, and the SKC-2000S (Seishin Co., Ltd., Japan) based on the centrifugal_x000D_ sedimentation method, were used to study the particle size distribution. The results do not show reasonably good agreement between the different analyzers and different sample systems. There is a discrepancy regarding the absolute values, which can be explained by the fact the techniques used are based on different measuring principles. The results of the present study reflect that the investigator must carefully select the particle size analyzer for a particular application.Therefore, we suggest that it is necessary to measure the particle size distribution by using at least two types of analyzers or more of different makers.

Keywords

Laser Scattering and Diffraction Particle Size Analysis Polycomponent Particulate System

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