Taj, KhalilullahIlcan, HuseyinTeksin, ErayArgin, GizemArdog, Mehmet KemalUzal, BurakSahmaran, MustafaArdoğa, Mehmet Kemal2025-09-252025-09-2520230032-59101873-328Xhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2023.118839https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12573/3682Ilcan, Huseyin/0000-0002-7853-1907;Pumice, with low pozzolanic reactivity, was ground for 1, 3, and 6 h with a laboratory ball mill in dry conditions and it was ground for 1 h in wet conditions via an industrial-scale ball mill. Based on derivative particle dis-tribution, grinding for longer periods led to the disappearance of bimodal distribution and the development of unimodal distribution. Furthermore, the phase characterization, assessed through XRD, demonstrated appre-ciable changes in intensities of the peaks of quartz and dachiardite. The extension of grinding time resulted in a significant uptake at the early-age lime consumption and evolution of hydration heat. According to SEM images, the number of particles between 10 and 20 & mu;m was less in the powder ground for 3 and 6 h. Moreover, it was found that the prismatic shapes of raw pumice tended to transform to spheroid shapes after prolonged grinding, and the smooth surfaces of pumice particles became more rugged.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessPumice PowderGrinding KineticsWet GrindingPozzolanic ReactivityMorphologyArticle10.1016/j.powtec.2023.1188392-s2.0-85166273119