Hardness testing of fertilizers?
International Workshop Dispersion Analysis & Materials Testing 2016 - First highlights
The 7th International Workshop Dispersion Analysis & Materials Testing is hosted by LUM GmbH in Berlin, Germany, from 26-27 September 2016. Here, during this now traditional interdisciplinary conference, particle scientists meet product formulators, application engineers meet scholars from extremly different application areas. All have in common the use of STEP-Technology for particle and dispersion characterization respectively the use of CAT-Technology for the timesaving determination of adhesion forces and composite strength. Both technologies developed by LUM.
Results from fundamental research of the temperature influence on the density distribution during particle sizing of nanoparticles take centre of the talk of an Israeli scientist from Bar-Ilan-University. The evaluation of particle sizing with analytical centrifugation using a LUMiSizer within the European Union Project NanoDefine will be presented by a member of Technical University of Dresden. A standard procedure for the characterization of nanoparticle properties and interactions by measuring the Hansen Solubility Parameters (HSP) with the LUMiSizer, developed in cooperation with Institute of Particle Technology (LFG), FAU Nuremberg, will be introduced by scientists from this institution.
The homogeneous dispersion of inorganic fillers in polymeric matrices, e.g. of flame retardants in thermosetting based adhesives for electronic applications, or of inorganic fillers for thermoplastic parts in the automobile industry, was investigated in the European Centre for Dispersion Technologies using a LUMiReader X-Ray.
LUMiFuge is applied in Bulgaria to understand the aggregation behaviour of red blood cells in solution containing various polymers.
Accelerated separation stability testing with LUMiFuge and LUMiSizer plays an important role in food, parmaceutical and agrochemical industries, too. GNT Europa, Aachen, report on investigations of carrot-pumpkin-concentrate and about colourants dispersed in oil. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica discuss the separation of pharmaceutical suspensions under accelerated conditions in comparison to storage stability at gravity. A representative of the French company Agronutrition ranks highly concentrated mineral fertilizer dispersions based on their sedimentation kinetics, to benefit from the fast results for formulation development.
Particulate networks in industrial coagulated suspensions and compressibility of particles and sediments are research topics at the University of Melbourne, Australia. The contribution from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology about the the energy input caused by shearing on the sedimentation velocity and sediment compression of lactic acid bacteria cultures appears in similar context.
The comparison of conventional single-sample vs. multiple-sample hardness testing is presented by an expert from BAM.
A further highlight of the event will be the session on the second day dedicated to Young Scientist Award 2016.
