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12<br />

MortAr GriNDer<br />

The main areas of application for<br />

<strong>Mortar</strong> <strong>Grinders</strong> are:<br />

Agriculture<br />

oil seeds, plant material, soil<br />

biology<br />

frozen yeast cells<br />

ceramics <strong>and</strong> Glass<br />

chemicals<br />

construction materials<br />

cement clinker, tiles<br />

Food<br />

cocoa nibs, nuts, spices<br />

Medicine / Pharma<br />

pharmaceutical <strong>and</strong> homeopathic<br />

raw materials <strong>and</strong> finished<br />

products<br />

Mineralogy <strong>and</strong> Metallurgy<br />

quartz, salts, silicates, slag<br />

<strong>and</strong> many more...<br />

<strong>Mortar</strong> Grinder<br />

coated tablets<br />

cocoa nibs<br />

Application<br />

examples<br />

eucalyptus leaves<br />

lactose<br />

Quartz s<strong>and</strong><br />

Nickel alloys<br />

Soil<br />

table salt (Nacl)<br />

General<br />

remarks<br />

pre-heating to<br />

60 °C<br />

Grinding<br />

set<br />

Applications<br />

<strong>Mortar</strong> Grinder<br />

RETSCH <strong>Mortar</strong> <strong>Grinders</strong> comminute inorganic <strong>and</strong> organic substances to analytical<br />

fineness. They can mix <strong>and</strong> homogenize powders, suspensions <strong>and</strong><br />

pastes. The grinders are also ideal for the uniform trituration of homeopathic<br />

<strong>and</strong> pharmaceutical products.<br />

Soft, hard, brittle <strong>and</strong> pasty materials <strong>with</strong> a hardness of up to 9 on Mohs<br />

scale can be processed easily in RETSCH mortar grinders.<br />

Free test grinding<br />

As part of RETSCH’s professional customer<br />

support we offer our customers the individual<br />

advice required to find the optimum solution<br />

for their sample preparation task.<br />

To achieve this our application laboratories<br />

process <strong>and</strong> measure samples free-ofcharge<br />

<strong>and</strong> provide a recommendation for<br />

the most suitable method <strong>and</strong> instrument.<br />

For more information please visit our website<br />

www.retsch.com/testgrinding.<br />

Pestle<br />

pressure<br />

Feed<br />

size<br />

Sample<br />

amount<br />

Grinding<br />

time<br />

Final<br />

fineness<br />

Agate 3 10 mm 5 g 5 min 200 µm<br />

Hard porcelain 4 10 mm 75 g 20 min 75 µm<br />

Hard porcelain 5 10 mm 80 ml 10 min 200 µm<br />

Stainless steel 0 1 mm 75 g 10 min 100 µm<br />

Zirconium oxide 7 5 mm 150 g 30 min 160 µm<br />

Zirconium oxide 7 5 mm 120 g 20 min 200 µm<br />

Agate 3 0.5 mm 20 g 40 min 40 µm<br />

Hard porcelain 5 1 mm 100 g 15 min 100 µm<br />

This chart serves only for orientation purposes.<br />

retScH's application database contains more than 1,000 application reports. Please visit www.retsch.com/applicationdatabase.

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