Use of Taguchi method for high energy ball milling of CaCO3 ...
CaCO 3 micron size powder, supplied by Adacal Mineraller LTD, was used as starting material. The morphology of this powder is shown in Fig. raw CaCO 3 particles are micron size and irregular in shape. CaCO 3 powder underwent HEBM in a planetary ball mill (Retsch PM 100, Germany) using container and balls (10 mm diameter) made from chromium hardened steel.