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TURBISCAN
1.
Definition
When particles are smaller than the wavelength of the incident light (880 nm in the
Turbiscan ), the Rayleigh diffusion is taking place. In this case diffusion is isotropic.
Objective
Analyse Turbiscan data in special
complex cases
2.
With small particles (d< 0.6 m), the backscattering flux increases, with the increase
of diameter (Figure 1).
Device
TURBISCAN LAB and
TURBISCAN Classic
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Application note
TURBISCAN
DEPENDENT DIFFUSION
1.
Definition
Independent
diffusion
Dependent
diffusion
Figure 3. Example of the backscattering flux evolution with the volume fraction
It means that for a creaming phenomenon, there will be a decrease of the
backscattering flux at the bottom (normal clarification phenomenon) and at the top
(dependence phenomenon in the cream phase) (Figure 5) and vice-versa for
sedimentation.
clarification
creaming
Figure 5. Backscattering profiles in raw data (left) and reference mode (right)
In this case, the elucidation of the destabilisation is accessible by knowing the
densities of the dispersed and continuous phases, hence the type of migration.
Exactly the same parameters can be calculated as when no dependence occurs
(see Stability analyses with Turbiscan (general cases)).
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