Abstract
Planetary ball mill is used to process kaolinite clay powder under a commercial name of proclay kaolinite. Influence of milling time on structure and thermal behavior of proclay kaolinite are presented and discussed. X-ray powder diffraction shows that peak intensities, at kaolinite characteristic positions, decrease gradually and decay after 3. hours of milling. Amorphous structure of kaolinite forms with a nanocrystalline quartz. The mean crystallite size of nanocrystalline quartz is found to decrease from D. = 30. ±. 2. nm for unmilled powder to D. = 7. ±. 1.5. nm after 9. hours of processing. For the same time shift, thermal analysis shows that specific heat capacity of unmilled powder increases from 0.93. J/g.K to 1.65. J/g.K for milled powder.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 228-237 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Powder Technology |
Volume | 271 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2015 |
Keywords
- Ball milling
- Proclay kaolinite
- Structure
- Thermal behavior