ball mill
noun
: a pulverizing machine consisting of a rotating drum which contains pebbles or metal balls as the grinding implements
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Teflon’s nonstick, nonreactive characteristics hinge on its immensely strong carbon-fluorine bonds, but the ball mill can break these bonds apart by grinding them with the sodium metal.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
For 15 years, Resti's family has operated a ball mill just outside the kitchen door.
—National Geographic, 24 May 2016
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
For 15 years, Resti's family has operated a ball mill just outside the kitchen door.
—National Geographic, 24 May 2016
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“Ball mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20mill. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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