%0 Journal Article
%@ 16609336
%A Rizlan, Z.
%A Mamat, O.
%C Bangi-Putrajaya
%D 2014
%F scholars:4418
%J Applied Mechanics and Materials
%K Ball milling process; Heating mechanisms; Heating process; Materials strengths; Mechanical milling; Milling process; Particle size analyzers; Particles sizes, Ball milling; Industrial engineering; Mechanical alloying; Milling (machining); Nanoparticles; Particle size analysis; Research; Strength of materials; Taguchi methods, Silica sand
%P 998-1002
%R 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.465-466.998
%T Mechanical milling of Tronoh silica sand nanoparticles using low speed ball milling process
%U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/4418/
%V 465-46
%X Silica sand nanoparticles are widely used as filler, coating and reinforcer to increase materials strength and durability. The objective of the research is to design a new technique of converting Tronoh silica sand to silica sand nanoparticles by using ingenious combination of milling process and heating mechanism. Raw Tronoh silica sand was milled for 10 hours with heating process after every 2 hours of milling and the results are analyzed using particle size analyzer. Particles size of less than 100 nm has been repeatedly achieved in this research. Findings from this research provide a simple and low cost alternative method of producing silica sand nanoparticles. © (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
%Z cited By 3; Conference of 4th International Conference on Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, ICME 2013 ; Conference Date: 17 December 2013 Through 18 December 2013; Conference Code:101955