Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Focke, WW
MIng(Pret) PhD(MIT) - Professor and Director: ITM
NRF Rating: C3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2588
Fax number: 012 420 2516
E-mail address: xyris@mweb.co.za
Research Interests:
Polymers
Characterisation and modification of materials
Nano technology
Molecular Design
Process Science
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Focke WW, Kwela ZN, Manhique A J: 2003. The De Wet Process for the Beneficiation of Zircon: Optimization of the Alkali Fusion Step. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 42, pp 777-783.
Focke WW, Labuschagne FJW: 2003. Metal Catalysed Intumescence: Characterisation of the Thermal Decomposition of Calcium Gluconate Monohydrate. Journal of Materials Science, 38 (6), pp 1249-1254.
Focke WW: 2003. A revised equation for estimating the vapour pressure of low-volatility substances from isothermal thermogravimetric data. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 74, pp 97-107.
Focke WW, Karakatsanis E, Summers G: 2003. Low molecular mass poly(styrene-co-acrylic acid) amphiphilic block copolymers: Synthesis and characterization. Macromolecular Symposia, 193, pp 187-193.
Labuschagne FJW, Focke WW, Verryn SMC: 2003. X-ray powder diffraction data for ammonium D-gluconate, 'C6H11O-7NH4+'. Powder Diffraction, 18 (2) / Jun, pp 162-164.
Focke WW, Germishuizen WA, Visser AT: 2003. Laboratory Optimisation of a Urea-Formaldehyde Soil Stabiliser. South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, 15 (1), pp 1-16.
Focke WW, Pieterse N: 2003. Diffusion controlled evaporation through a stagnant gas: Estimating low vapour pressures from thermogravimetric data. Thermochimica Acta, 406 (1-2), pp 191-198.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
Focke WW: 2003. Critical Comparison of Activity Coefficient Based Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium Models. In 2003 SA Chemical Engineering Congress, SAIChE, p. CD.
Focke WW, Morgan DL: 2003. Nuclear Graphite from REF Coal. In 2003 SA Chemical Engineering Congress, SAIChE, p. CD.
Focke WW, Kwela ZN, Manhique A J, Van der Merwe W: 2003. The De Wet Process for the Beneficiation of Zircon: Optimization of the Alkali Fusion Step. In Proceedings of the IMPC XXII International Mineral Processing Congress, Elsivier / SA Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM), pp 777-783.
Focke WW, Kruger A, Sita C: 2003. Tensile Properties of Thermoplastic Starch. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference of the African Materials Research Society. Building Partnerships for Excellence in Materials Research in Africa, University of the Witwatersrand, pp 32-33.
Arlow A, Focke WW, Kalombo L: 2003. The Effect of Surfactants on the Crystal Habitat of Gypsum. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference of the African Materials Research Society. Building Partnerships for Excellence in Materials Research in Africa, University of the Witwatersrand, pp 30-31.
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