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Solid Glass Microspheres, also called glass beads, provide multiple benefits including enhanced processing, excellent chemical and heat resistance, thermal stability, low oil absorption, and are used in automotive, electrical, household appliance, adhesives, packaging, paint and construction industries. Glass is non-toxic, extremely stable and recyclable.

Compared to other microspheres, such as plastic or hollow glass, solid glass spheres have a high density of about 2.2g/cc for borosilicate glass spheres, 2.5g/cc for soda lime glass spheres, and 4.49g/cc for barium titanate glass spheres. Solid glass spheres have high crush strength which makes them suitable for high stress applications where microspheres are exposed to a lot of stress during processing or application. There are many advantages to using glass microspheres:

  • Solid glass microbeads act as mini-magnifying glasses to deliver visually truer color
  • Clarify and magnify the visual impact of pigments and metallic flakes
  • Create a richer, wetter, deeper look
  • Visually extend expensive color-shift pigments to create cost-effective new looks
  • Facilitate even dispersion of colorants and reflectors
  • Act as mini-ball bearings to improve material flow and reduce flow lines
  • Provide color consistency from all viewing angles
  • Impart durability and chip resistance due to hardness of glass
  • Offer a durable non-deformable spacer particles for bond line applications

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Bondline Spacer Spheres - Monodisperse Solid Soda Lime Microspheres - Calibration Grade Beads
Item #: S-SLGMS -
Price: $201.43-$635.09
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Bondline spacer grade solid soda lime glass microspheres are available with tight particle size ranges to achieve bondline thickness (gap) from 10micron (0.01mm) to 500micron (0.5mm). Bondline... [more info...]

Bulk Grades of Solid Soda Lime Glass Microspheres 2.5g/cc. Optional Fluorochemical and Silane Coatings.<br>Mean Diameters 3-6um, 8-12um, 35-45um, 65-75um.
Item #: P2000 -
Price: $66.72-$223.24
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P2011SL: Median diameter (D50) between 3 and 6 micron, with a top size of 20 micron. P2015SL: Median diameter (D50) between 8 and 12 micron, with a top size of 36 micron. P2020SL: Median diameter... [more info...]

Retroreflective Half-Shell Aluminum Coated Solid Glass Microspheres
Item #: P2453BTA -
Price: $133.37-$714.64
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The spheres are offered in dry powder form with the following coating options: Uncoated - no surface treatment Silane Coating (S2) - for improved dispersion in aqueous systems (~76 degree contact... [more info...]

Borosilicate Solid Glass Microspheres 2.2g/cc<br>Many Sizes 20micron to 6150mm
Item #: BSGMS -
Price: $67.36-$402.80
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Solid borosilicate glass microspheres are available in a large variety of particle size ranges from 10um to 6150um. Microspheres are supplied as a dry powder. [more info...]

Barium Titanate Solid Glass Microspheres and Spheres
Item #: BTGMS -
Price: $67.36-$1,148.30
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Barium Titanate glass spheres offer a higher Refractive Index (n) than most other glass formulations. Depending on the grade of material, reflecting index of Barium Titanate glass is between 1.9 to... [more info...]

Precision Polished Soda Lime Glass Spheres - Calibration Glass Spheres - Reference Polished Glass Particles
Item #: P-SLGS -
Price: $60.62-$635.09
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Diameter Tolerance: ±20um Roundness/Sphericity: ≤20um; >99% (Ratio of Width/Length) Density: 2.5g/cc+/-0.1g/cc Index of Refraction: 1.5284 Softening Temperature: 718°C Melting Point: 1445°C... [more info...]

Conductive Silver-Coated Glass Microspheres, Beads, Particles
Item #: SLGMS-AG -
Price: $133.03-$334.87
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Also see: Other Conductive Spheres: Conductive Silver Metal Coated Microspheres Other Soda Lime Spheres: Solid Soda Lime Glass Spheres and Microspheres ... [more info...]

Bondline Spacer Spheres - Monodisperse Solid Borosilicate Glass Microspheres - Calibration Grade Glass Beads
Item #: S-BSGMS -
Price: $403.51
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Bondline spacer grade solid borosilicate glass microspheres are available with tight particle size ranges to achieve bondline thickness (gap) from 87micron to 197micron (0.2mm). Bondline spacers are... [more info...]

Aluminum-Coated Solid Barium Titanate Glass Microspheres 4.2g/cc - 30-100um Diameter
Item #: BTGMS-Al -
Price: $168.40
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Physical Characteristics: Coating: Fully Aluminum Coated (~500nm thickness) Core: Solid Barium Titanate Glass Spheres Density: ~4.2g/cc Appearance: Grey powder [more info...]