Particle technology

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The Particle Technology Forum, an international and interdisciplinary forum, but also a division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, who states: "...particle technology -- that branch of science and engineering dealing with the production, handling, modification, and use of a wide variety of particulate materials, both wet or dry, in sizes ranging from nanometers to centimeters... spans a range of industries to include chemical, petrochemical, agricultural, food, pharmaceuticals, mineral processing, advanced materials, energy, and the environment"

Particle technology thus deals with bulk storage, crushing and grinding, particle size separation, such as sieving, tabling, flotation, qualitative separation such as magnetic separation, and/or electrostatic precipitation, fluidisation, flocculation, particle characterisation, particle size analysis, powder metallurgy, nanotechnology and others.

The 8th UK Particle Technology Forum 2007 was held on 26-27 September 2007 at Robinson College, Cambridge, UK.

The Internet book entitled Fundamentals of Particle Technology on the World-Wide Web Virtual Library of the University of Florida Engineering Research Center (ERC) Particle Size and Technology (PS&T) group ^[1] consists of the following downloadable chapters for private study:

Chap	Title	pp
	Sponsors' page	128
	Title page	11
	Copyright declaration and publisher information	11
	Preface	28
	Contents	27
1	Introduction	89
2	Particle characterisation	770
3	Fluid flow through porous media	167
4	Liquid filtration	784
5	Dilute systems	218
6	Hindered systems and rheology	479
7	Fluidisation	332
8	Centrifugal separation	357
9	Conveying	166
10	Powder flow and storage	363
11	Crushing and classification	260
12	Solid/solid mixing	1320
13	Colloids and agglomeration	270
14	Gas cleaning	335
15	Powder hazards	160
16	Case study	110
	Nomenclature	51
	Further Reading	32
	Heywood Tables	42
	Index

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