Bulk
Powder Testing
Category: Short in-company course
Software: A simple expert system for the
selection of the test method in bulk powder testing
Suggested Programme
- Introduction and review of bulk properties of powders, categories of
powders
- Sampling and characterisation of powders
- Testing of flow properties of powders I: Internal friction, wall friction,
failure function
- Testing of flow properties of powders II: Cohesion, tensile strength,
other methods of assessing cohesiveness, angles of repose
- Packing properties of bulk powders, bulk densities, Hausner ratio, compaction
tests
- Review of grindability and attrition tests, moisture tests
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