FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF THE DISPERSIBILITY OF POWERED MATERIALS

Abstract

A technique is described for studying the manner in which local bulk density of a column of powder compressed in a cylinder varies with distance from the compressing piston. Measurements were made on each of the 3 base powders (saccharin, Carbowax 6000 and Span 60). The effect of humidity on properties of the three base powders was investigated by conducting a series of tests including shear strength, disc-lifting, aerosol decay and electrostatic charge analysis on powder samples. Fourteen different deagglomerant agents were evaluated by measuring their shear strength at a compressive load of 5305 dynes/sq cm. CabO-Sil had the lowest shear strength of all the agents tested. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264961

Entities

People

  • A.p. Johnson
  • G.g. Leiter
  • J.h. Nash

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electrostatic Charge
  • Humidity
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Shear Strength

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.