A comparison of sphericity and Zingg factor for particle morphology and description of fluidized-bed dynamics are presented. It is found that Zingg factor Fz =LHIB2 (where L, H and B are, respectively, the length, breadth and height of a particle) well describes the effect of particle morphology. Experimental results show that non-spherical particles give poor fluidizing quality as compared to spherical particles in terms of pressure drop, Umf, etc. With the same volume-equivalent diameter, non-spherical particles have lower Umf and fluidizing coefficient δ. Some smooth curves have been obtained between the parameters δ Umf and Fz. The quality of fluidization could be evaluated by fluidizing coefficient, which has been correlated to the Zingg factor and minimum fluidizing velocity in this paper.