The paper presents the experimental results on dry fine pulverization of alumina particles in a fluidized bed opposed jet mill. The effect of operating parameters (i.e., feed load, inlet air pressure and the distance between nozzle outlet and jet meeting point) on the grinding results was investigated in detail. The breakage behaviors of alumina particles with respect to the effects of different parameters were discussed via the selection and breakage functions calculated by the first Kapur function method. In addition, the product size distributions could be simulated by a proposed model. (C) 2011 Elsevier BM. All rights reserved.