This monograph on size enlargement of particles is the first of a series
which will together form a Handbook of Powder Technology, primarily
intended for engineers and scientists working in industry.
The scope of the Handbook can be defined as being concerned with that
part of chemical engineering which deals with processes involving the handling
and treatment of material in solid particulate form.
Such a Handbook requires little justification. The characterisation and
behaviour of particulate systems are largely neglected in the education of
engineers and scientists. Courses in chemical engineering, in particular, are
almost entirely concerned with fluid systems, yet the graduate engineer or
scientist will frequently find that industry presents many problems in the
behaviour of particulate material for which his or her previous education has
given a quite inadequate preparation. The aim of the handbook is to remedy
this deficiency by providing monographs on various aspects of powder technology.
It is also hoped that by providing suitable texts the teaching of
powder technology in universities and polytechnics will be encouraged.
Each monograph will be written by an expert in the particular aspect of
the subject covered and will be published as soon as it is prepared. This
avoids the problems associated with large multi-author books; the information
will be available in a more convenient form and the up-dating of various
parts of the Handbook will be facilitated.
Comments and suggestions for improving the Handbook, as well as
proposals for further titles, would be welcomed by the Editors.