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Particle sizes less than 1 micrometer were achieved in approximately 1/4 hour, and particle sizes about 0.1 Micrometer were achieved in 2 hours of milling. The average rate of surface area generation in this powder for the first 3 hours of milling is 8 square meters per gram per hour for both silicon carbide and ottawa sand media.