Effect of grinding techniques on absorbing characteristics of short iron fibers

Abstract

Microwave-absorbing properties of iron fibers can be adjusted by their aspect ratio. This paper presents several modification techniques for grinding long iron fibers to a suitable aspect ratio. The grinding instruments include pulsator, jet mill and muller. The aspect ratio distribution, microstructure, electromagnetic parameter and reflectivity of the samples were analyzed and discussed in detail. The results show that the fractions of 5<aspect ratio<40 for the three methods are 69.03%, 81.11% and 80.2%, respectively, that is, suitable short iron fibers can be obtained by the jet mill and muller. Furthermore, the short iron fibers milled by jet mill and muller have better absorbing propterties than those obtained by the pulsator under the same condition. Therefore, their microwave absorption properties can be improved by regulating the electromagnetic parameters with grinding.

Keywords

short iron fiber / electromagnetic parameter / microwave-absorbing property

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