Abstract
Even though dispersion operations have been the object of several investigations, the importance of the various parameters and especially the physicochemical and surface properties are rarely treated. Dry particle coating can be used to create new-generation materials by combining different powders exhibiting different physical and/or chemical properties. In such processes relatively large particles (host particles) are mechanically coated with fine particles (guest particles), without using solvents and subsequent drying, to create new functionalities or to improve initial characteristics. The purpose of this study is to modify the surface of Talc particles by dry coating with different concentrations of hydrophobic Silica (Aerosil R972®), to examine the effect of the coating on the wettability of the coated Talc particles and to study the effects on the dispersibility of these same composite particles. Dry coating is found to modify the surface of Talc particles and to control their wettability and dispersibility in aqueous solutions.
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