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8334174 
Journal Article 
Comments on “n-Hexane Sorption in Pelletized 5A Zeolite” 
Ruthven, D 
1987 
Yes 
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
ISSN: 0888-5885
EISSN: 1520-5045 
26 
4 
861-862 
English 
Recent controversies reported in the literature by Wen and Yu and Botterill et al. concerning the variation of bed voidage at minimum fluidization with temperature are discussed. These are explained and reconciled on the basis of the powder classification scheme of Saxena and Ganzha and the corresponding fluid flow field around the particles, giving rise to the interparticle forces as elaborated by Mathur and Saxena. Thus, the apparent contradictions in the experimental findings are consistent with each other as well as with the hydrodynamical picture of the gas-solid system. © 1987, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.