KONA Powder and Particle Journal (May 2014)

Liquid Bridge Adhesion Force and Dispersion of Aggregate Particles

  • Yasuo Kousaka,
  • Yoshiyuki Endo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14356/kona.1994007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 0
pp. 7 – 16

Abstract

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Many studies have been made on liquid bridges between particles, but the mechanism of liquid bridge formation and its adhesion force when the bridge is in an equibrium condition with the surrounding humidity has not been theoretically clarified. A study has been made on this subject and a new theory is introduced in this paper. Next, a mechanism to disperse aggregate particles down to primary particles by the acceleration of an air stream is explained and a discussion is made on the dispersion force applied to aggregate particles and the adhesion force between particles (van der Waals force and liquid bridge force).