Session: Powder and Particulate Characterization and Measurement

Products consisting of, or constituted from, processed powders or particulate solids are important in many major economic sectors. From the food, pharmaceuticals, agricultural, and chemical industries to advanced materials, energy storage, novel recycling, and carbon capture, product quality can be heavily influenced by the extent to which the physical and/or chemical processes themselves can be controlled and monitored, and the extent to which the properties and quality of the feedstocks and intermediates (size, shape, surface, area, and other functional characteristics) can be measured and characterized. This session will focus on the characterization and measurement of powders and particulate materials to understand their behavior and performance. Papers addressing the in-line, on-line, and/or off-line measurement and characterization are encouraged, and papers on novel approaches to measurement and instrumentation are particularly welcome. Case studies and investigations evaluating emerging technologies such as sensors, advanced imaging, spectroscopy, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and nanotechnologies, are also encouraged.