Grinding of MoS2 by a ball mill

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The forum discussion addresses the challenges of grinding Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) to sub-micron sizes using a ball mill. The user employed a 40cc plastic vial, 48 Al2O3 balls (1g each), 20cc isopropanol alcohol, and 3g of MoS2, but after 72 hours, the particle size remained unsatisfactory. Recommendations include experimenting with n-decane as a milling liquid, adjusting the liquid-to-powder ratio, and testing different bead sizes to achieve better results.

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[SOLVED] grinding of MoS2 by a ball mill

Hello ,
Particle size of exist MoS2 is under 30micron and I have to change them to below one micron by a ball mill. I have to use a plastic vial for my application as a mill. I select 40cc plastic bottle as a mill, 48 number of Al2O3 balls (1gr each), 20cc isopropanol alcohol and 3 gr MoS2. Size of the particles were examined each 5 hr by SEM. Unfortunately after 72 hr particles did not have favourable size and many of the particles had large size. Regarding MoS2 has very soft structure (hardness 1-1.5), why I couldn’t get good result? In the wet milling what is good proportion between balls, powder and the liquid?
 
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Try n-decane instead of IPA. This reference claims to get nanoscale particles after 10 hrs of milling.

http://www.aist.go.jp/NIMC/publication/annual99/09/09_15.html

Also, I would try a smaller ratio (10-15cc of decane for 3g of MoS2). And finally, you may need to try different bead sizes too.
 
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