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Particle size analysis by sedimentation field flow fractionation. Performance and application

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Recently commercial equipment using sedimentation field flow fractionation (SFFF) has become available for analysis of particulate materials in the sub-micron range. This paper describes the DuPont instrument and discusses its performance. A particular study is described on the comparison of the SFFF technique with that of quasi-elastic light scattering (QELS). The paper concludes that the instrument is capable of measuring particle size distributions with high resolution and precision, provided that no particles above the upper size limit — about 1 μm — are present.

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  1. H. G. Merkus

    Present address: Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

    Y. Mori & B. Scarlett

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Merkus, H.G., Mori, Y. & Scarlett, B. Particle size analysis by sedimentation field flow fractionation. Performance and application. Colloid & Polymer Sci 267, 1102–1107 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01496931

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