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1 posted on 08/08/2008 7:43:10 AM PDT by drzz
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2 posted on 08/08/2008 7:44:22 AM PDT by drzz (I)
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I was wondering about spray drying instead of going through all that ball-milling goofiness.

An electrostatic rotary atomizer (a standard piece of industrial equipment) has a log bimodal droplet size distribution, the product of which is very easily air classified. Cab-O-Sil is a VERY common ingredient in numerous pharmaceutical products. It produces a thixotropic mixture that is well suited for rotary atomization into single-digit micron sized droplets that shrink as they dry.

Any industrial paint or drug formulator knows this stuff.

6 posted on 08/08/2008 8:22:46 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Grovelnator Schwarzenkaiser, fashionable fascism one charade at a time.)
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I just looked on ebay and found an ITW Ransburg Aerobell for less than $1500 complete. That and a few grand in sheet-metal work (along with some serious sterilization equipment) and someone could make a dilatant powder that wouldn't cake.

I don't see making the powder to be as much of a challenge as would be containing it so that it didn't kill me.

7 posted on 08/08/2008 8:34:40 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Grovelnator Schwarzenkaiser, fashionable fascism one charade at a time.)
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