Sample assessment
The feed is a liquid containing plastic powder and an incompletely identified alkane-based liquid. Its acceptance criterion is visual clarity, so particle-size percentiles are not needed to restate the observed objective. Agate contact and the wet-processing condition are recorded, while polymer identity, formulation ratio and storage behavior are absent.
Recorded objective
A visually clear mixture, described in the source as transparent like mineral water.
Equipment and selection
The source identifies XQM family. The related TENCAN product association is Vertical Planetary Ball Mill. This identifies the recorded equipment family, rather than an independently verified serial-number configuration. Jar contact materials and charge details below are test observations; an unspecified steel grade or ball-percentage basis is not supplied by the association.
Test setup
| Recorded setup | XQM planetary family; 250 mL agate jar and agate balls, standard charge; 80.2 g liquid-form feed; wet milling at setting 450; run/pause cycle recorded as 5:1; interval units unspecified. |
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| Speed notation | Values are retained as recorded speed settings. The source does not identify the revolution/rotation reference; no separate jar speed is inferred. |
Recorded procedure and results
The liquid and plastic-powder mixture was wet milled in an agate jar with agate balls. After one hour at setting 450, the procedure explicitly states that the requested condition had been reached. The result field records completion and the duration field gives one hour. There is no particle-size distribution, transmission measurement, sedimentation test or longer-term stability observation in this entry. The exact alkane liquid and plastic chemistry are not identified.
Interpretation
This is a successful qualitative endpoint because the procedure explicitly connects the processed sample to its visual objective. Transparency should remain a visual observation: it cannot establish nanoscale particle size, complete dissolution, durable dispersion or chemical uniformity. The test also provides no untreated reference image or quantified optical result. Its value is the documented formulation-specific processing observation and a clearly bounded starting point for a repeat.
Practical precautions
Identify the liquid and polymer before checking jar, seal and solvent compatibility. Reassess clarity after standing if storage matters, and use a defined optical method if transparency becomes a quantitative specification. Record liquid-to-powder ratio, ball loading and recovered mass for reproducibility.
TENCAN alternatives to evaluate
TENCAN Omnidirectional Planetary Ball Mill: Evaluate a QXQM arrangement if the identified formulation needs a separate check of exposure or settling behavior. Use a defined clarity assessment and standing-time observation; another machine cannot be credited with transparency or storage stability from this record. This is a recommendation for a new comparison, not an observed result of this trial.
Endpoint context: Visual transparency objective recorded as reached after one hour; no particle-size value supplied.
Tested equipment association only: XQM family; exact machine variant not inferred. Alternative products are evaluation candidates in the body only.
About this trial
TENCAN laboratory trial, 2022. Observations above come from this experimental record; selection considerations and proposed comparisons are engineering interpretation. Results apply to this sample and recorded conditions.