This study aims to investigate the preparation of fine cement slurries by wet-ground using a pneumatic colloid mill. A pneumatic colloid mill was designed and produced. Furthermore,ordinary Portland cement slurries were ground using the pneumatic colloid mill. Moreover,the fineness of ground cement slurries was studied. The particle sizes of ground cement slurries with various cumulated percent were all better than those of cement slurries before grinding. When water was used as the dispersant,the best average diameter of cement slurries was obtained by grinding for 10,and 15 min for cement slurries with water / cement ratio of 1∶ 1,and0. 9∶ 1,respectively. When ethanol was used as the dispersant,the particle sizes of all cumulated percent decreased gradually with the increasing grinding time,and the particle sizes of cumulated percent of D97 decreased rapidly with the increasing grinding time. The grinding effect of big particle sizes of cement slurries is better than that of small particle sizes.
In order to investigate the suitability of ternary rare earth sulfide LanCe2 xS3 in plastic application as a red pigment, we prepared LaxCe2 xS3 via the sulfurization of the oxide powders using CS2 gas. In the sulfurization of LaxCe2_xS3, β-phase and y-phase ter- nary rare earth sulfide LaxCe2_xS3 were synthesized at the sulfufization temperature of 1000 and 1250 ℃ for 3 h, respectively. The UV-vis absorption spectra of synthesized LaxCe2_xS3 showed that the absorption wavelengths of 13-phase and y-phase LaxCe2_xS3 samies were in the region of 617-70 nm and 607-53 nm, respectively. They were in red absorption region. Furthermore, the scanning electron microscopy （SEM） results of the synthesized LaxCe2-S3 samples were investigated. The typical SEM microgmphs indicated that the particle sizes of synthesized LaxCe2 xS3 were in the range of 0.5-5 μm.
