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On a phase transformation produced by mechanical activation in iron pyrite
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 1999
Abstract
The behaviour of pyrite in the process of mechanical milling in air has been examined. Milled powders were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy working in transmission geometry and X-ray diffraction. In the presence of oxygen, pyrite can readily be transformed to ferrous sulphate monohydrate, which indicates that the Fe(II) goes from a low-spin state to to a high-spin state. The transformation mechanism is saturated after about 60 hours milling, but however it can be markedly prolonged by further ageing at room temperature. The results also indicate that mechanical milling is a useful room temperature process of material production.
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- The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , February 1999 , pp. 115 - 121
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- © EDP Sciences, 1999
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