Author(s)

Ganbat Batdemberel, Dugerjav Otgonbayar, Gonchigsuren Munkhsaikhan

Department of Physics, School of Applied Sciences, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

In this work, TiO₂ powders were prepared by high energy vibrating ball milling. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Photon cross correlation spectroscopy (PCCS with Nanophox) were used to determine the crystallite size of anatase TiO₂. Depending on the grinding conditions (short grinding time, ball diameter, stainless steel ball and grinding powder ratio), the crystallite size decreased from 34 nm to 8 nm. The average diameter of a TiO₂ particle with 8 nm crystals was ~221 nm. No structural phase transition was observed during milling.

X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Anatase, Nanoparticle

Batdemberel, G. , Otgonbayar, D. and Munkhsaikhan, G. (2021) Effect of High-Energy Vibrating Ball Milling in the Reduction of the Crystallite Size of TiO₂ Particles. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 9, 7-14. doi: 10.4236/msce.2021.911002.