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  Fines in Powder Behavior: Why Small Amounts Matter

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  Fines in Powder Behavior: Why Small Amounts Matter

  Dustiness, Flowability, Insights, Particle size distribution, Particle Size Testing, Permeability

Fines in Powder Behavior: Why Small Amounts Matter

Fines in powder behavior matter because fine particles [...]

By Martijn Daalder|2026-06-27T14:42:15+01:0023 May 2026|Categories: Dustiness, Flowability, Insights, Particle size distribution, Particle Size Testing, Permeability|Tags: air retention, D10, D50, dustiness, fine particles, fines in powder behavior, particle size analysis, particle size distribution, permeability, powder characterization, powder flow, powder handling, Powder Processing, powder testing, segregation, surface area|0 Comments

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  Why Dust Control in Powder Handling Starts With Powder Behavior

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  Why Dust Control in Powder Handling Starts With Powder Behavior

  Dustiness, Industrial Hygiene, Insights

Why Dust Control in Powder Handling Starts With Powder Behavior

Dust control in powder handling works best when [...]

By Martijn Daalder|2026-06-27T14:42:22+01:0025 April 2026|Categories: Dustiness, Industrial Hygiene, Insights|Tags: airborne dust, bag dump station, dust containment, dust control in powder handling, dust release, dustiness, housekeeping, inhalable dust, LEV, local exhaust ventilation, occupational hygiene, powder dust control, powder handling, respirable dust, source capture, transfer chute|0 Comments

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  Pneumatic Conveying Attrition: Transfer Quietly Changes Powder

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  Pneumatic Conveying Attrition: Transfer Quietly Changes Powder

  Attrition, Conveying, Dustiness, Insights

Pneumatic Conveying Attrition: Transfer Quietly Changes Powder

Pneumatic conveying attrition can change a powder even [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-06-27T14:42:26+01:004 April 2026|Categories: Attrition, Conveying, Dustiness, Insights|Tags: blend integrity, conveying bends, dilute phase conveying, dustiness, feeder instability, fines generation, particle breakage, particle velocity, pneumatic conveying attrition, powder degradation, powder handling, PSD shift|0 Comments

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  Black Mass Powder Quality: Sampling, QA Panel, and Spec Templates

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  Black Mass Powder Quality: Sampling, QA Panel, and Spec Templates

  Analytical Techniques and Methods, Energy Industry, Know How, Sustainability

Black Mass Powder Quality: Sampling, QA Panel, and Spec Templates

Black mass powder quality decides yield, buyer acceptance, [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-06-27T14:42:37+01:0031 January 2026|Categories: Analytical Techniques and Methods, Energy Industry, Know How, Sustainability|Tags: air classification, aluminum contamination, battery recycling, black mass, black mass powder quality, certificate of analysis, chain of custody, change control, composite sampling, containment, copper contamination, direct recycling, dispute protocol, dustiness, energy materials, fines metric, hydromet, ICP, iron contamination, Karl Fischer, loss on drying, lot data pack, magnetic separation, method control, moisture control, particle size distribution, powder qualification, PSD tails, QA panel, representative sampling, screening, XRF|0 Comments

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  Titanium dioxide powder classification in 2025: what changed, what did not

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  Titanium dioxide powder classification in 2025: what changed, what did not

  Dustiness, Insights, Legislation and Standards

Titanium dioxide powder classification in 2025: what changed, what did not

titanium dioxide powder classification is shifting again in [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:26:00+01:006 December 2025|Categories: Dustiness, Insights, Legislation and Standards|Tags: chemical industry, cosmetics, dustiness, food industry, inhalable dust, Nanomaterials, occupational hygiene, Pharmaceuticals, powder classification, respirable dust, Titanium Dioxide|0 Comments

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  Fallout’s wasteland: seen through a powder lens

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  Fallout’s wasteland: seen through a powder lens

  Science behind the Fiction

Fallout’s wasteland: seen through a powder lens

Fallout’s wasteland feels grounded because it treats dust [...]

By Martijn Daalder|2025-11-25T22:42:08+00:0025 November 2025|Categories: Science behind the Fiction|Tags: airborne particle behaviour, Bulk Solids Characterization, Chernobyl dust, decontamination strategies, dustiness, environmental contamination, fallout season 2, fallout wasteland dust, Fukushima soil contamination, inhalable radioactive dust, nuclear fallout powders, post-accident dust mapping, powder technology insights, Prime Video fallout series, radiation and powders, radioactive dust contamination, resuspension of contaminated dust, science behind the fiction, vault air filtration|0 Comments

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  Deep-Sea Particle Dynamics, Through a Powder Lens

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  Deep-Sea Particle Dynamics, Through a Powder Lens

  Agglomaration, Bulk Solids Characterization, Feature Article, Plastics and Polymers, Sedimentation, Shear, Sustainability, Transport, Wear

Deep-Sea Particle Dynamics, Through a Powder Lens

vDeep-sea particle dynamics show powder engineering mechanics in [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2025-09-13T13:21:49+01:0013 September 2025|Categories: Agglomaration, Bulk Solids Characterization, Feature Article, Plastics and Polymers, Sedimentation, Shear, Sustainability, Transport, Wear|Tags: agglomeration, attrition, Bulk Solids Characterization, Case studies, conveying, Deep-Sea Mining, Density Contrast, dustiness, Environmental & Water, Erosion, flowability, FTIR, Imaging & Spectroscopy, microplastics, nanoplastics, particle shape, Plume Control, Pump Wear, Raman Spectroscopy, Sedimentation|0 Comments

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  Dustiness Tests Compared: EN 15051 Versus EN 17199-4

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  Dustiness Tests Compared: EN 15051 Versus EN 17199-4

  Bulk Solids Characterization, Dustiness, Insights, Laboratory, Legislation and Standards, Nano, Rotating Drum

Dustiness Tests Compared: EN 15051 Versus EN 17199-4

Use EN 15051 for mass-based dustiness in health-related [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:29:28+01:0023 August 2025|Categories: Bulk Solids Characterization, Dustiness, Insights, Laboratory, Legislation and Standards, Nano, Rotating Drum|Tags: continuous drop, CPC, dustiness, ELPI, EN 15051, EN 17199-4, exposure assessment, nanoforms, rotating drum|0 Comments

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  REACH microplastics reporting: EU restriction, polymer powders

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  REACH microplastics reporting: EU restriction, polymer powders

  Bulk Solids Characterization, Insights, Legislation and Standards, Plastics and Polymers, Sustainability

REACH microplastics reporting: EU restriction, polymer powders

The EU’s microplastics rules, REACH microplastics reporting, bring [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:29:29+01:0016 August 2025|Categories: Bulk Solids Characterization, Insights, Legislation and Standards, Plastics and Polymers, Sustainability|Tags: compliance, dustiness, ECHA reporting, Entry 78, filtration, microplastics, polymer powders, powder containment, REACH|0 Comments

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  Powder Hazards: Safe Powder Storage and Handling Practices

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  Powder Hazards: Safe Powder Storage and Handling Practices

  Dustiness, Electrostatic Effects, Flowability, Insights, Silo storage

Powder Hazards: Safe Powder Storage and Handling Practices

Understanding your powder’s physical and chemical behavior is [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2025-07-09T11:11:36+01:0019 April 2025|Categories: Dustiness, Electrostatic Effects, Flowability, Insights, Silo storage|Tags: Dust control, dustiness, Electrostatic Effects, explosion hazard, flowability, industrial safety, Insights, Legislation and Standards, powder containment, powder handling practices, Powder safety, safe powder storage, SDS, silo storage, static discharge, workplace safety|0 Comments

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