PRODUCTION OF

NANO MATERIALS:
BALL MILLING
METHOD
BY
V.AISHWARYA
10311A1903
ECM D1

INTRODUCTION

Nano materials can be defined as

those materials which have
structured components with size less
than 100nm at least in one dimension.
Nanotechnology is an advanced
technology, which deals with the
synthesis of nano-particles,
processing of the nano materials and
their applications.

BALL MILLING

Ball milling is a method of production of

nano materials.
This process is used in producing
metallic and ceramic nano materials.
These mills are equipped with grinding
media composed of wolfram carbide or
steel.
Ball mills rotate around a horizontal
axis ,partially filled with the material to
be ground plus the grinding medium.

The balls rotate with high energy

inside a drum and then fall on the
solid with gravity force and crush
the solid into nano crystallites.

CONCLUSION

The significant advantage of this

method is that it can be readily
implemented commercially.
Ball milling can be used to make
carbon nanotubes and boron nitride
nanotubes.
It is a preferred method for preparing
metal oxide nano crystals like
Cerium(CeO2) and Zinc Oxide (ZnO).

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