Autogenous Attrition Grinding
A method for grinding silicon carbide to a submicron powder which comprises grinding a silicon carbide feed material having an average particle size of between 1 and 200 microns in a liquid slurry in a contamination free high energy autogenous attrition mill in the presence of silicon carbide media for a sufficient time to obtain a specific surface area of at least 5 m 2 /g and preferably at.