Stirred Bead Mill Grinding of Gibbsite: Surface and Morphological Changes

Advanced Powder Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-491

  Alex, T C ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Roy, S K ^b   Mehrotra, S P ^a  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

potential; amorphization; Gibbsite; mechanical activation; stirred milling

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; IRON ORES; MILLING (MACHINING); OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHISATION; GIBBSITE; GIBBSITE PARTICLES; ISO-ELECTRIC POINTS; MECHANICAL ACTIVATION; MEDIAN PARTICLE SIZES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; STIRRED MEDIA MILLS; STIRRED MILLING; SURFACE CHANGES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION PATTERNS;

AMORPHIZATION;

EID: 59349103166     PISSN: 09218831     EISSN: 15685527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855208X336819     Document Type: Article

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