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The most important characteristics of a particle are its size, its shape and its density. At first sight these may seem simple unambiguous properties which should be straightforward to determine. In practice, this is seldom the case, particularly if the particle in question is smaller than, say, the diameter of a human hair. This chapter is an introduction to the science of particle characterisation; for a more detailed examination of this diverse subject the reader is referred to Allen (1996). In practice, particles seldom occur singly, and the first part of this chapter is concerned with the properties of particle size distributions.
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Seville, J., Tüzün, U., Clift, R. (1997). Particle characterisation. In: Processing of Particulate Solids. Powder Technology Series, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1459-9_1
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