Possible to grind your own ceramic grade rutile?


Wednesday 13th February 2019

Yes, the granular and powdered grades or pure insight-live.com/material/1204">rutile are the same material. But grinding it is very difficult. Commercial ceramic grade powder is minus 325 mesh, the companies doing this obviously have very good grinding equipment. They also have patience because even in this efficient porcelain ball mill, 90 minutes was only enough to get 50% to minus 325 mesh! The color of the powder is a good indication of its quality, the finer the grind the lighter tan it will be.

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