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EPSRC Reference: GR/K93181/01
Title: SINGLE PARTICLE INTERACTIONS (ROPA)
Principal Investigator: Pethica, Professor J
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Department: Materials
Organisation: University of Oxford
Scheme: ROPA
Starts: 01 October 1996 Ends: 31 March 1998 Value (£): 39,188
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Particle Technology
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The adhesive and fractional forces between individual sub-micron ceramic particles will be directly measured, using a novel method in which absolute contact stiffness is determined as a function of particle separation. Control over environmental humidity, of surface hydrophobic/philic nature and over a modest range of temperature will give quantitative measure of the relevance of these factors, and hence of the dominant mechanisms of particle-particle interaction. The results are of importance in agglomerate formation and stability, and in fundamental mechanisms of friction and adhesion.
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