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Particle size distributions from transient electric birefringence data: II. polydisperse discs by two-parameter distribution functions

✍ Scribed by V.J. Morris; A.R. Foweraker; B.R. Jennings

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1978
Weight: 281 KB
Volume: 12
Category: Article
ISSN: 0378-4487
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4487(78)80028-4

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✦ Synopsis

An analysis is presented for the decay process encountered in transient electric birefringence experiments. The method is developed for dilute and polydisperse suspensions of constant thickness disc-like particles. If the distribution function describing the spread in particle diameters is of a two parameter form, then this function can be evaluated and the distribution of particle diameters generated from two specific birefringence transient decays. By way of example, the method is fully developed for the log-normal distribution.

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