The morphological changes of particles through three different processes (impaction, compaction and grinding) were investigated experimentally. This was done using two types of antimony trioxide (Sb
2O
3)-fine particles which have almost the same particle size distributions but different surface properties. One has the sulfate group (-SO
4) on the surface; the other does not.
It is found that the diameter of the Sb
2O
3 particles having -SO
4 begins to increase at lower impaction velocity or at lower compaction pressure than those having no -SO
4 does. Estimation of the load applied on a single particle through these two processes reveals that the threshold of the load inducing the particle enlargement is almost the same for impaction and compaction.
The tendency for the diameter to change through grinding is opposite to that through impaction or compaction. However, the Sb
2O
3 particles having -SO
4 keep higher crystallinity than those having no -SO
4 among these three processes.
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