IUBio

How do I shear and break apart small particles?

Marc Andelman drgonfly at ultranet.com
Wed Oct 2 02:14:35 EST 1996


Hi. I am doing materials science work were I need to shear
microscopic Teflon particles, which causes it to make 200 angstrom
thick fibers that hold powder together into a dough.  Too much
shear, and the network of fibers breaks down.  I posted this
here in the hopes that microbiologists have solved a similiar
problem in order to disrupt tough hided little E Coli or other
critters.  Any ideas to shear particles that can be adapated from microbiology
would be much appreciated.

Regards,

Marc Andelman



More information about the Microbio mailing list

Send comments to us at biosci-help [At] net.bio.net