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Facile Production Method of PbS Nanoparticles via Mechanical Milling of Galena Ore

In this research, some physical properties such as the density, specific heat capacity, and micro-hardness of galena ore lumps purchased from the public market were determined. The microscopic study, using the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), confirm...

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Autores principales: Al-Saqarat, Bety S., Al-Mobydeen, Ahmed, AL-Masri, Ahmed N., Esaifan, Muayad, Hamadneh, Imad, Moosa, Iessa Sabbe, AlShamaileh, Ehab
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10057457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36984970
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14030564
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author Al-Saqarat, Bety S.
Al-Mobydeen, Ahmed
AL-Masri, Ahmed N.
Esaifan, Muayad
Hamadneh, Imad
Moosa, Iessa Sabbe
AlShamaileh, Ehab
author_facet Al-Saqarat, Bety S.
Al-Mobydeen, Ahmed
AL-Masri, Ahmed N.
Esaifan, Muayad
Hamadneh, Imad
Moosa, Iessa Sabbe
AlShamaileh, Ehab
author_sort Al-Saqarat, Bety S.
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description In this research, some physical properties such as the density, specific heat capacity, and micro-hardness of galena ore lumps purchased from the public market were determined. The microscopic study, using the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), confirmed that the as-received galena ore was mostly lead sulfide (PbS). The XRD pattern of the galena powder also elucidated that all the peaks were assigned to PbS. In addition, the as-received galena was roughly crushed, and fine-milled using a high-vibration milling machine with tungsten carbide rings. Nanoscale particles of about 90 nm were produced in a very short milling time of around 15 min. The obtained nanoscale powder was well investigated in the SEM at low and high magnifications to assess the exact range of particle size. Meanwhile, the SEM was employed to investigate the microstructure of sintered samples, where a part of the milled galena powder was compacted and sintered at 700 °C for 2 h. Again, the result of this investigation proved the formation of PbS with even smaller grain size compared with the grain size of the starting galena ore. A high relative sinter density of approximately 97% for galena powder was achieved by sintering under vacuum.
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spelling pubmed-100574572023-03-30 Facile Production Method of PbS Nanoparticles via Mechanical Milling of Galena Ore Al-Saqarat, Bety S. Al-Mobydeen, Ahmed AL-Masri, Ahmed N. Esaifan, Muayad Hamadneh, Imad Moosa, Iessa Sabbe AlShamaileh, Ehab Micromachines (Basel) Article In this research, some physical properties such as the density, specific heat capacity, and micro-hardness of galena ore lumps purchased from the public market were determined. The microscopic study, using the scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), confirmed that the as-received galena ore was mostly lead sulfide (PbS). The XRD pattern of the galena powder also elucidated that all the peaks were assigned to PbS. In addition, the as-received galena was roughly crushed, and fine-milled using a high-vibration milling machine with tungsten carbide rings. Nanoscale particles of about 90 nm were produced in a very short milling time of around 15 min. The obtained nanoscale powder was well investigated in the SEM at low and high magnifications to assess the exact range of particle size. Meanwhile, the SEM was employed to investigate the microstructure of sintered samples, where a part of the milled galena powder was compacted and sintered at 700 °C for 2 h. Again, the result of this investigation proved the formation of PbS with even smaller grain size compared with the grain size of the starting galena ore. A high relative sinter density of approximately 97% for galena powder was achieved by sintering under vacuum. MDPI 2023-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10057457/ /pubmed/36984970 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14030564 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Moosa, Iessa Sabbe
AlShamaileh, Ehab
Facile Production Method of PbS Nanoparticles via Mechanical Milling of Galena Ore
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title_full Facile Production Method of PbS Nanoparticles via Mechanical Milling of Galena Ore
title_fullStr Facile Production Method of PbS Nanoparticles via Mechanical Milling of Galena Ore
title_full_unstemmed Facile Production Method of PbS Nanoparticles via Mechanical Milling of Galena Ore
title_short Facile Production Method of PbS Nanoparticles via Mechanical Milling of Galena Ore
title_sort facile production method of pbs nanoparticles via mechanical milling of galena ore
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10057457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36984970
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi14030564
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