It has long been a hot topic to make alumina powder that is both small in size and of good morphology. Different synthetic processes were used to prepare morphological alumina particles, which included rods, plates, rods and fibrous sand. Spherical Alumina Powder has been extensively researched over the last 10 years, due to its rapid advancement in the international industry. Synthetically spherical is used mostly in catalysts and catalyst carriers, ceramic powders or chemical mechanical polishing additives.
They are widely used for their unique properties and different crystal shapes. There is a strong correlation between the performance of an application and the morphology or size of the powder particles. The most consistent of the various powder particle shapes is the spherical. It has a uniform morphology with small specific areas, high bulk density, and good bulk density. The flow properties are a key factor in the product’s ability to perform well when applied.
At the moment, five methods are most commonly used to make ultrafine spherical-sized alumina. They include: dropball method (with or without dropping), template method (with or without aerosol decomposition), and spraying technique. These methods yield a spherical form of alumina with a particle size that can range from nanometers through millimeters.
Ball milling
This is the most commonly used method of producing fine alumina powder. It is common to use the vibrating or rotating motion of the ballmill. Next, the material will be impacted by abrasive. This powder can then be ball milled and stirred until it becomes ultrafine. Lu Baiping examined factors related to high-energy, ball-milling. To reduce particle size, Lu Baiping recommended that the milling be prolonged and speed increased. In addition, grinding aids may increase the size uniformity. The ball milling process is the best way to make ultrafine aluminum powder. Although it’s simple, inexpensive, and produces high yields and good results, there are limitations.
Homogeneous precipitation
Precipitation in homogeneous solutions involves the formation, growth, and aggregation of nuclei. It is an homogeneous process of precipitation.
Sol-emulsion-gel method
This technique was developed based on the sol gel method. The first stage of the sol gel method used the technique to prepare alumina sol. Later, more research was conducted to determine the structure. This process became superfine. By using the interfacial strain between the oil and water phases to create small spherical drops, one can obtain spherical particle size. Finally, spherical particles can be obtained. Takashi Ogihara et al. Utilizing the aluminum-alkoxidehydrolysis process to produce spherical powder of alumina through the solgel process, Takashi Okihara and co. The hydrolysis procedure is complex. In which the aluminum aluminium dissolves for 50%, the alcohol solvent for 40% and then the butylwater dispersed, the remaining octanol (dissolved in aluminum aluminum) accounts for 40%. The alcohols accounted for 9% and 1%, respectively, and hydroxypropylcellulose was used as a dispersing agent to obtain spherical γ-alumina powder having a very good sphericity.
Dip ball method
Dropping is when the alumina so enters the oil layer. This can be done using mineral oil or paraffin. It is used to create spherical, slender sol particles using the surface tension. After that, the sol particles are gelled by the aqueous nitric acid solution. It is a method that forms spherical, liquid alumina by drying it and then calcining. This technique is an improved version of the sol–emulsion–gel method. Although this is an effective method to produce spherical, large-particle size alumina, it can also be applied to an agent or catalyst.
The template method
To control the morphology during the templating procedure, a spherical substance is used. The result is typically hollow or with a coreshell structure. Jin Lu used carbonaceous microscopic material enriched in carboxylate for hollow spherical amil.
Aerosol decomposition
Aerosol decomposition often uses aluminum alkoxide in its raw materials. Once the phase transformation occurs, either by direct high heat pyrolysis or high temperature drying, then spherical particles of alumina are formed. This is achieved by a complex experimental setup which includes an atomized component and a reactive section.
Jet method
It is important to achieve phase transformation quickly using spraying methods. Once the product has been spheroidized, it can then be used for preparation of spherical-alumina. Based on the properties of phase transformation it can be divided into spraypyrolysis method spray drying method spray melting method. M. Vallet-Regi et al. A small spherical droplet could be formed using atomization in Al(SO), AI (NO3)3 or AIC1 solution. A high-temperature pyrolysis produced a fine powder. This procedure requires that the thermal decomposition temperature be at least 900 °C. It also consumes significant amounts of energy.
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