Title: Nanozeolite produced by wet milling at different milling time

Authors: Nur Zahidatul Fathinah Bt Mukhtar; Muhammad Zuhairi Borhan; Mohamad Rusop Mahmood; Saifollah Abdullah

Addresses: NANO-SciTech Centre, Institute of Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia ' NANO-SciTech Centre, Institute of Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia ' NANO-SciTech Centre, Institute of Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia ' Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract: Recently, there has been a considerable growing interest in utilising nanozeolites due to their advantages over conventional micron sized materials. Zeolite particle may be reduced by mechanical treatment such as ball milling or grinding in order to get smaller particles. In this paper, effect of milling time on particle size and surface morphology of zeolite were investigated by a few design of experiments in aqueous environment. Zeta-sizer nano series of particle sizer and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) have been used to characterise this nanozeolite. Results show that there were changes of particle size and also the surface morphology of zeolite.

Keywords: zeolites; nanozeolites; particle size; surface morphology; field emission SEM; scanning electron microscopy; FESEM; materials engineering; innovation; milling time; wet milling; design of experiments; DOE; nanotechnology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2015.069825

International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation, 2015 Vol.6 No.1, pp.11 - 17

Published online: 12 Jun 2015 *

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