Processing Aluminum Powder from the Ball Mill Down to 500 Mesh

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I wanted to see if I had any 500 mesh (less than 25 micron) size aluminum powder in the ball mill yet. So I processed some of what what was in the mill through some classification screens that I made this morning. Well I did get some 500 mesh aluminum out of it. I tested some of the 500 mesh by making some flash powder ( I wish I would have filmed that ) boy o boy did that work well!!!

[@imraff]

Great stuff, thanks for showing how you classified the different powders. Hadn't seen that before.

[@jakejoyride]

Very nice - I like those kind of videos because I'm curious person which like to know how things work, how to process something ...

[@adamtyler6746]

The flash powder you made in the description what oxidizer did you use?

[@bexpi7100]

not to bring up dead comment sections, but one way you could motorize the sifting is using a palm sander with no sand paper, and attach your jars to it somehow.
Idk, I've never done this

[@madscientisthut]

Pretty good idea, might work well.

[@normellow]

Mad Scientist Hut brushless Palm sander, brushes equals sparks .

[@ActNaturally]

Very interesting, your living up to your name!! As always THUMBS UP , have a great night in Colorado, I think you must be home from the Falls. Cheers from Ontario!

[@madscientisthut]

Thank you!

[@HealthyVeganLiving]

I don't know if I would ever need this but it was interesting to watch. Gary

[@manuelgarciapascual2221]

Cuanto tiempo en horas se necesita con el molino de bolas para hacer una molienda de aluminio?

[@accipiternisus649]

I do many chemicals at home,rockets,metal powder,oxidizers etc and its hard work and it eat my free time.So i want to give you support for your channel and effort.Keep going i like your videos

[@madscientisthut]

Thank you! I like what I see on your channel!

[@accipiternisus649]

madscientisthut Thanks,i have alot of home made stuff down there just scroll and some video are at private right noww coz YT police getting nasty day by day

[@accipiternisus649]

madscientisthut This ball mill i made is now replaced with bigger one with 15kg of steal balls.I gonna put new video in next couple days th-cam.com/video/Xyt1qSj-krc/w-d-xo.html

[@madscientisthut]

OK will check out what I can

[@MrLibbyloulou]

Hello...what was your media made of...?

[@muralikartheekss2932]

Can i do similar stuff to make Magnesium powder or alloy ?

[@neldyandhikaputra2284]

Thank you very much

[@hi_sascha]

hi, nice project and cool ball-mill. do you see any damage in the pipe or is the plasic strong enough?

[@madscientisthut]

+hisascha Thanks! It has been running for about two months now. You can see very small lines inside of the pipe wall where the ball bearings line up. I was very surprised that the wear is not much, I was actually expecting more wear. I suppose if I were to try milling some harder material in the mill that the wear would increase.

[@esana]

great video

[@madscientisthut]

Thank you!

[@yank3656]

thanks for sharing Mad Scientist Hut

[@markluce1659]

what were you using for the grinding media? they look and sounded like steel, if so isn't it dangerous because of a risk of sparks? love your mill.

[@accipiternisus649]

Mark Luce no man.they have hard surface and they dont spark.Btw mill jar is plastic

[@aramhampson]

Have you ever had aluminum ferment in wet milling? My mill almost popped from pressure from fermentation gas coming from wet mill of aluminum... ? WTF? How?

[@JohnCRV]

cool project.

[@madscientisthut]

Thank you John!

[@AG-xi3yu]

noob question! how do you select your mesh-is it determined by a strainer/filter or the amount of time you mill it for?

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Those classifier jars are a great idea, maybe I missed it in the video, did you say where you got the mesh from?

[@madscientisthut]

McMaster Carr

[@madscientisthut]

www.mcmaster.com/products/mesh/material~stainless-steel/

[@seanbaskett5506]

If you were to speed the RPM up to about 40-50 or epoxy 3-4 lifting bars axially inside the jar, it would take a lot less than a month to mill. I am jealous of that mill though, looks rock solid.

[@madscientisthut]

I just wanted to experiment with the aluminum powder, I was not concerned with producing a large quantity or making it faster. It certainly does work just not very fast. One of the batches I made was actually very exciting, it spontaneously combusted when I poured it out of the mill! Thanks for watching!

[@oflfishingandhunting457]

how many times a day do i open up my ball mill for aluminum

[@Kirt44]

1 time every 12 hours

[@nikolapoljak9260]

how long did you ball miling

[@madscientisthut]

I have run some batches 2-3 weeks others 4 weeks the 4 week ones are extremely fine

[@mostafaeid9955]

it is agreat video. 1-can I use alumuinmu scrap rather alumuinim foil? 2- how many balls were used? 3- what is the rpm of electric motor? 4- how long ball milling work?I hope you reply to me

[@aramhampson]

Yes you can.

[@fineartonfire_5327]

Where did you get those mason jar shaker lids?

[@madscientisthut]

I made them.

[@madscientisthut]

th-cam.com/users/edit?o=U&video_id=4fhmDpBFZkg

[@fineartonfire_5327]

Thank you!

[@nunyabisnass1141]

Yeah, do thst stuff outside, while wearing at least a dust mask.

[@socalfrijolito]

Great video! I would recommend not handling this bare hand but rather with latex gloves. Your body absorbs that which is not good.

[@thienlieu2030]

respirator too please!

[@dk-pyro-bang6288]

Aluminium powder its very bad you ned mask gloves and glass the powder are Sharp ass hell and damge your Eyes to keep safe🫡😊💥

[@carlordahl9669]

Use a electric sander to vibrate the mesh size

[@madscientisthut]

Nice idea!

[@MrJacob1981]

maybe try working 500 first?

[@Kirt44]

It has to be less then 2 micron