Pulverizing and Blending: Laboratory Mill Comparison - Chart A

Preface

Product Information

Technical Information

Appendix

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Pulverizing and Blending Laboratory Mill Comparison - Chart A

Comparison of SPEX SamplePrep Laboratory Mills
				Time for 95% to Pass 200 Mesh
Catalog Number	Name	Function	Typical Sample Size (grams)¹	Sand in Steel Vial	Plastic In Steel Vial	Vial Available	Slurry Grinding	Noise Grinding
6750	Freezer/Mill	Pulverizing	0.5-2 or 3 at once 0.05-0.2	NA	Three 1 min runs²	SS	NA	Moderate to Loud
6850	Freezer/Mill	Pulverizing	5-20 or 4 at once 0.5-2	NA	Three 1 min runs²	SS	NA	Moderate to Loud
5200	Micro Hammer Cutter Mill	Shearing & Pulverizing	10-100	NA	1 min	NA	NA	Quiet to Moderate
5100	Mixer/Mill	Pulverizing & Blending	.1 to 2	8-15 min	NA	A, HS, P, SS, WC	No	Quiet to Moderate
8000M	Mixer/Mill⁵	Pulverizing & Blending	2-10	8-15 min	NA	A, AC, HS, M, P, SN, SS, WC, Z	Yes	Quiet to Moderate
8000D	Dual Mixer/Mill⁵	Pulverizing & Blending	2-10⁶	8-15 min	NA	A, AC, HS, M, P, SN, SS, WC, Z	Yes	Quiet to Moderate
8500	Shatterbox	Pulverizing	10-90 or 25-200 or 3 at once 5-15	2-3 min	Three 0.5 min runs 8509 dish³	AC, HS, WC, Z	Yes excluding 8508 dish	Loud
8515	Enclosed Shatterbox	Pulverizing	10-90 or 25-200 or 3 at once 5-15	2-3 min	Three 0.5 min runs 8509 dish³	AC, HS, WC, Z	Yes excluding 8508 dish	Quiet
¹ Some mills will accept different size grinding vials, see catalog ² Requires 5-10 min pre-cooling ³ Requires 30-40 min pre-cooling ⁴ On 230V/50Hz units ⁵ Ideal for mechanical alloying ⁶ Two samples can be run simultaneously ⁷ Not available at time of publication ^A Agate ^AC Alumina Ceramic ^HS Hardened Steel ^M Methacrylate ^P Polystyrene ^SN Silicon Nitride ^SS Stainless Steel ^WC Tungsten Carbide ^Z Zirconia Ceramic ^NA Not Applicable

Comparison of SPEX SamplePrep Laboratory Mills
Catalog Number	Timer Range	Dimensions (cm)	Net Wt. (kg)	Power Comsumption (VA)	Typical Sample Characteristics	Typical Sample Types	Fields or Application
6750	Program- mable	30 x 32 x 23	5.4	300	Almost anything brittle at -196ºC	Polyers, Biological, Samples, (tissue samples), Wax/Fibers	Biochemistry, Chemistry, Botany, Medicine, Biology, Forensics, Genetics
6850	Program- mable	58 x 53 x 58	46	1000	Almost anything brittle at -196ºC	Polyers, Biological, Samples, (tissue samples), Wax/Fibers	Biochemistry, Chemistry, Botany, Medicine, Biology, Forensics, Genetics
5200	NA	28 x 15 x 29	5.0	300	Friable, dry	Ploymers (hard), Grains/Plants, Coal/Paper, Cloth/Soil, Wood	Chemistry, Biochemistry, Botany, Biology
5100	30 min or 72 min ⁴	22 x 20 x 32	6.5	400	Brittle, dry	Ores, Rock Samples, Cement, Slag, Coal, Sand/Glass, Fly Ash, Brittle Alloys, Graphite	Geology, Chemistry, Mining, Mineralogy, Metallurgy
8000M	30 min or 72 min ⁴	48 x 36 x 46	35	800	Brittle, dry	Ores, Rock Samples, Cement, Slag, Coal, Sand/Glass, Fly Ash, Brittle Alloys, Graphite	Geology, Chemistry, Mining, Mineralogy, Metallurgy
8000D	100 or 1000 min	61 x 43 x 28	37	800	Brittle, dry	Ores, Rock Samples, Cement, Slag, Coal, Sand/Glass, Fly Ash, Brittle Alloys, Graphite	Geology, Chemistry, Mining, Mineralogy, Metallurgy
8500	NA	60 x 40 x 40	57	1000	Brittle, dry	Ores, Rock Samples, Cement, Slag, Coal, Sand/Glass, Fly Ash, Brittle Alloys, Graphite	Geology, Chemistry, Mining, Mineralogy, Metallurgy
8515	10 min	101 x 48 x 47	102	1000	Brittle, dry	Ores, Rock Samples, Cement, Slag, Coal, Sand/Glass, Fly Ash, Brittle Alloys, Graphite	Geology, Chemistry, Mining, Mineralogy, Metallurgy
¹ Some mills will accept different size grinding vials, see catalog ² Requires 5-10 min pre-cooling ³ Requires 30-40 min pre-cooling ⁴ On 230V/50Hz units ⁵ Ideal for mechanical alloying ⁶ Two samples can be run simultaneously ⁷ Not available at time of publication ^A Agate ^AC Alumina Ceramic ^HS Hardened Steel ^M Methacrylate ^P Polystyrene ^SN Silicon Nitride ^SS Stainless Steel ^WC Tungsten Carbide ^Z Zirconia Ceramic ^NA Not Applicable