1995 Volume 103 Issue 1203 Pages 1167-1171
Although new preparation methods for ceramic raw materials have been investigated, ball milling is still the most popular and useful preparation method. In this paper, characteristics of ground Bayer's α-alumina powders by wet rotation ball milling were investigated. The average particle size, the crystallite size and lattice strain of the ground alumina powder after 168-h grinding were 0.21μm, 28nm and 1%, respectively. The particle surface was remarkably irregular. Lattice interplanar spacing of alumina expanded and the lattice constant of c-axis increased by grinding. Annealing the ground powders resulted in liberation of lattice distortion and particle shape changed to nearly spherical form.