Kaolin was mechanically ground in 50% (v/v) ethyl alcohol aqueous solution and the grinding degree of kaolin in wet grinding processes way analyzed by analytical methods I, II, and III proposed for studying kinetic mechanism.
_??_ grinding of kaolin by using a centrifugal rotating-type ball mill, the effects of the terms such as, (1) rotating number, (2) amount of alumina ball, and (3) amount of kaolin, were examined for the grinding of kaolin.
From the data obtained by three proposed analytical methods for the changes of the grinding degree of kaolin with time, the following results were concluded.
(1) As regards the rotating number of ball mill, the proposed analytical methods II and III could not be applied, because the grinding process was not a regular one.
(2) In the changes of alumina ball numbers, the grinding degree of kaolin increased as the number of alumina balls decreased. The grinding rate constant of kaolin was calculated from the proposed analytical method III in consideration of the grinding resistance of stainless steel fine powder to kaolin.
(3) When the amounts of kaolin were varied, the increase of grinding degree of kaolin was observed in the small amounts of kaolin. Furthermore, the both values of grinding rate constants and grinding-resistant rate constants were easily calculated by proposed analytical method III.
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