TEHRAN - Production of alumina powder in Iran increased by 5 percent in the first 8 months of the existing Iranian fiscal year (March 20-Novemebr 20), the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) announced.Based on the IMIDRO information, the country produced 159,416 tons of alumina powder in the pointed out eight-month of this year, while the figure was 152,293 tons in the first 8 months of the previous year.Aluminum oxide, whichis typically calledalumina, is an inert, odor free, white amorphous material frequently used in industrial ceramics.Alumina is an important ceramic product for commercial applications.
The various fields of application range from building products, to filling products, as well as abrasives and catalysts.In plants and mechanical engineering, alumina ceramics are mainly used for wear and rust protection.The particle size distribution largely figures out the application range and the quality of an alumina powder.
Reliably identifying the differences in particle size is therefore an essential requirement of the determining instrument.MA