T. Schauer, SYMMETRICAL AND ASYMMETRICAL FLOW FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION FOR PARTICLE-SIZE DETERMINATION, Particle & particle systems characterization, 12(6), 1995, pp. 284-288
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13
Categorie Soggetti
Materials Science, Characterization & Testing","Engineering, Chemical
Measurements on paint components have been conducted with symmetrical
flow field-flow fractionation (sym flow FFF) and asymmetrical flow FFF
(asym flow FFF). Both methods are based on the same principle of sepa
ration, but they differ in the construction of the fractionation chann
el and the configuration of the channel flow and crossflow. On the bas
is of the good selectivity and resolution of these techniques, it was
possible to determine the particle size of each individual constituent
of a three-component mixture of a paint binder, pigment and filler, c
haracterized by relatively broad and overlapping distributions, and to
follow the changes on mixing them. In the case of sym flow FFF, it wa
s possible to use thinner fractionation channels, with no system peaks
and good selectivity in both the normal and steric-hyperlayer mode. T
he main features of asym flow FFF are the simpler construction of the
fractionation channel and the possibility of focusing the sample in th
e channel better and of following visually the separation. This varian
t should be preferably used in the normal mode of operation.