Well-dispersed YBCO in acetone via planetary milling

Authors

Camille Victoria Macaraeg Cantor ⋅ PH Materials Science and Engineering Program, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman
Roland Villano Sarmago ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

Nanoscale powder preparation is key to achieving well-dispersed and stable ceramic suspensions. In synthesizing solid compounds, high energy ball milling (HEBM) stands out as one of the most effective and widely-used particle size reduction technique in different industries and various types of materials. This study reports the production of nano-sized Y-Ba-Cu-O (YBCO) powders through high energy planetary ball milling coupled with wet milling approach. Milled YBCO powders were used to manipulate the suspension kinetics and electrophoretic properties of a YBCO-acetone suspension to produce a uniformly-dense as-deposited (green) film. The structural changes attributed to the crystalline-to-amorphous transformation of the milled YBCO powders were also investigated. Varying the milling speed from 400 to 800 rpm, results showed that milling YBCO at 800 rpm for 3h gives the highest degree of amorphization and the smallest average particle size of 250 nm. Further, iodine addition was shown to improve the suspension stability of the YBCO-acetone system with a zeta potential of 45 mV.

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Issue

2020: Proceedings of the 38th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2020-5G-01

Section

Condensed Matter and Materials Science (Short Presentations)

Published

2020-10-19

How to Cite

[1]

CVM Cantor and RV Sarmago, Well-dispersed YBCO in acetone via planetary milling, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 38, SPP-2020-5G-01 (2020). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2020-5G-01.