Optical Particle Sizing: Theory and Practice

Dense Particle Fields.- Particle Sizing by Laser Light Diffraction: Improvements in Optics and Algorithms.- Shape, Concentration and Anomalous Diffraction Effects in Sizing Solids in Liquids.- Scattered Light Particle Size Counting Analysis: Influence of Shape and Structure.- Visible Infra-Red Double Extinction Measurements in Densely Laden Media, New Progress.- Observations of Elastic Angular Scattering from Oriented Single Cylinders.- Effect of Particle Shape on the Response of Single Particle Optical Counters.- Forward Scattering Signature of a Spherical Particle Crossing a Laser Beam out of the Beam Waist.- Effects of Shape and Orientation to be Considered for Optical Particle Sizing.- Application of Top-Hat Laser Beam to Particle Sizing in LDV System.- Size and Velocity Measurements of Spherical Particles in Multiphase Flows and the Prediction of Absolute Particle Concentrations.- An LDA Gating Technique for Bubble Measurement in Dilute Three-Phase Suspension Flows.- Light Scattering by Dust Particles: Experimental Results.- Optical Particle Sizing: Digital Video Image Processing Application.- The Direct Comparison of Three 'In-Flight' Droplet Sizing Techniques for Pesticide Spray Research.- An application of an Optical Particle Sizing Method to the Study of the Evaporation of Droplets Diffusing in a Turbulent Flow.- Optical Measurement of Droplet Evaporation Rates.- Study of Condensational Growth of Water Droplets by Optical Mie Scattering Spectroscopy.- Optical Sizing of Cometary Dust: Tentative Lessons from Comet Halley Data.- Measurements of Absolute Concentration and Size Distribution of Particles by Laser Small Angle Scattering.- Some Aspects of Utilization of Malvern Diffraction Granulometer.- Optical Methods in Submicronic Aerosol Measurement.- The Use of Calibration Techniques for the Development and Application of Optical Particle Sizing Instruments.- Optical Particle Sizing and Particle Characterization Based on Polarization Measurements.- Optical Calibration of Accurate Particle Sizing Standards at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards.- Conclusion and Perspective.- Author Index.