Evolution of grinding energy and particle size during dry ballmilling ...
Fig. 1 a shows the oscillatory ball mill (Retsch® MM400) used in this study and a scheme (Fig. 1 b) representing one of its two 50 mL milling jars. Each jar is initially filled with a mass M of raw material and a single 25 mmdiameter steel ball. The jars vibrate horizontally at a frequency chosen between 3 and 30 Hz. The motion of the jar follows a quasistraight line with a periodic signal ...