Bead for Use in a Milling Device

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This patent describes a uniquely designed milling bead used in mechanochemical milling devices. The bead maintains a generally spherical shape but features specialized surface structures—such as grooves or protruding rings—that significantly increase its surface area compared to normal smooth beads. These modifications enhance the interaction between the bead and processed materials, resulting in improved efficiency for processes such as co-crystallization, allotrope conversion, and particle size reduction during milling operations.

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• Industrial and laboratory grinding, mixing, and homogenization of powders and particulate materials
• Mechanosynthesis of chemical compounds through solid-state reactions
• Co-crystallization of pharmaceutical and chemical compounds without solvents
• Allotrope conversion of elements (e.g., transforming red phosphorus to black phosphorus)
• Reducing particle sizes in materials science, metallurgy, ceramics, and nanomaterials production
• Improving efficiency and throughput in milling processes in pharmaceutics, chemistry, and materials engineering

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• Significantly faster and more uniform mixing and reaction rates compared to standard spherical beads
• Reduces caking, clumping, and non-uniform mixing, leading to higher product quality
• Enhanced particle size reduction with improved monodispersity of particles
• Enables solvent-free or low-solvent mechanochemical processes, supporting greener chemistry approaches
• Provides higher and more evenly distributed kinetic energy within the milling device, improving overall process efficiency
• Versatile—compatible with a wide range of bead materials and applicable to various milling devices

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Patent Abstract

The invention relates to a bead (1) for use in a milling device (20), the bead (1) having a general shape of a sphere and comprising a modified spherical surface structure (10), furthermore the invention relates to method for co-crystallization, to the method for allotrope conversion and to the method for particle size reduction, wherein said methods use said bead (1).