The Impact of Preparation Techniques on the Properties of Magnesium Aluminate Spinel

Abstract

In this work, two different methods namely; dry mixing and ball milling followed by the cold isostatic press were employed to synthesize Magnesium aluminate spinel (MgAl2O4). The phase diffraction and morphological characteristic of the sintered product were analyzed using X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The Archimedes principle for determining viscosity and porosity of MgAl2O4. The main aim of this study to compare preparation techniques on the properties of the final spinel product. The results show that the ball milling method has an advantage over the dry mixing technique. In this technique, bigger crystals, well-compacted grains, higher density, and lesser reduction size and porosity were observed. an increase in the period of milling process was found to improve all these characteristics of MgAl2O4 spinel.