Particle Characterization: Light Scattering Methods

✍ Scribed by Renliang Xu (auth.), Professor Brian Scarlett (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 410
• Series: Particle Technology Series 13
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Particle characterization is an important component in product research and development, manufacture, and quality control of particulate materials and an important tool in the frontier of sciences, such as in biotechnology and nanotechnology. This book systematically describes one major branch of modern particle characterization technology - the light scattering methods. This is the first monograph in particle science and technology covering the principles, instrumentation, data interpretation, applications, and latest experimental development in laser diffraction, optical particle counting, photon correlation spectroscopy, and electrophoretic light scattering.
In addition, a summary of all major particle sizing and other characterization methods, basic statistics and sample preparation techniques used in particle characterization, as well as almost 500 latest references are provided.
The book is a must for industrial users of light scattering techniques characterizing a variety of particulate systems and for undergraduate or graduate students who want to learn how to use light scattering to study particular materials, in chemical engineering, material sciences, physical chemistry and other related fields.

✦ Table of Contents

Particle Characterization....Pages 1-55
Light Scattering....Pages 56-110
Laser Diffraction....Pages 111-181
Optical Particle Counting....Pages 182-222
Photon Correlation Spectroscopy....Pages 223-288
Electrophoretic Light Scattering....Pages 289-343

✦ Subjects

Physical Chemistry; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Analytical Chemistry