Glass bubble,Hollow glass microspheres , Glass sphere beads, Manufacturer & suppliers

Artificial marble and onyx products in the application of hollow glass microspheres larger purpose is artificial marble. In the US, there are a lot of manufacturers are using this filler, it has the following advantages:
1.Improve impact resistance, properly formulated products manufactured its performance is higher than the requirements for artificial marble Association.
2.Continuous improvement of texture and color layout, making the product more attractive, magnificent.
3.Reduce the curing time, the mold has a faster turnover rate.
4.Improved impact strength, improved anti-cracking ability, reduce breakage of the product.
5.Improved machinability, reducing deburring, cutting, drilling and grinding of empty time.
6.Post-processing tools to reduce wear.
7.Improving the light color color performance, while reducing the amount of TiO2. (although sometimes mixed with some darker colors)
8.Light weight, to make it easier in handling and installation process, but also reduces the cost of transportation. Benefits listed above 3-8 can significantly reduce costs.

Currently, the use of microwave radar, infrared, radar or other electromagnetic radar and acoustic detection system shield absorbing material has been widespread concern in the military field. Near-infrared reflective material can be used in aviation, aerospace, construction materials, vehicles, weapons and other fields. Hollow glass bubble powder density is small, the metal surface after its treatment, can be substituted denser metal powder or electromagnetic wave absorption preparation screen material used.

High-performance glass bubble & hollow glass microsphere T32 is a kind of ultra-lightweight inorganic non-metallic material with hollow structure, and it is a versatile and high-performance new lightweight material developed in recent years. It will be the new composite materials at twenty-first century. Its true density is 0.15-0.60g/cm3 with 2-120m in diameter. It owns features with light weight, large bulky, low thermal conductivity, high compressive strength, smoothly mobility etc.

The range of applications in which coated microspheres and microparticles can be used to enhance current composites, or provide new solutions, is extremely diverse and the size, density, surface chemistry and functionality required by end users tend to be application specific. There is significant scope, therefore, for the development of a wide range of new materials to meet these diverse market opportunities.

Glass Microspheres are also used in composites to fill polymer resins for specific characteristics such as weight, sandability and sealing surfaces. When making large forms such as boat hulls for example, shapers seal the eps foam blanks with epoxy and lightweight microballoons to create an impermeable and easily sanded surface upon which fiberglass laminates are applied.

High-performance glass bubble & hollow glass microsphere T25 is a kind of ultra-lightweight inorganic non-metallic material with hollow structure, and it is a versatile and high-performance new lightweight material developed in recent years. It will be the new composite materials at twenty-first century. Its true density is 0.15-0.60g/cm3 with 2-120m in diameter. It owns features with light weight, large bulky, low thermal conductivity, high compressive strength, smoothly mobility etc.

Hollow glass microsphere is a kind of ultra-lightweight inorganic non-metallic material with hollow structure, and it is a versatile and high-performance new lightweight material developed in recent years. It will be the new composite materials at twenty-first century.

Hollow glass microspheres are widely used in composite materials such as FRP, man made marble and man made agate. They can decrease the weight of the composite materials and the composite materials have excellent performance of sound insulation and heat preservation, and they can improve the mechanical performance of the composite materials such as strengthened rigidity, enhanced anti-impact property, excellent anti-breaking property and re-processing function. Hollow glass microspheres are applied in a wide range of fields such as aviation, space flight, new bullet train, luxurious yacht, adiabatic dope, bowing balls, in which they play a distinctive role. Hollow glass microspheres are the excellent sensitized of emulsion explosive. They can improve the detonation property of emulsion explosive and prolong the shelf period of emulsion explosive. When used in the resin putty, hollow glass microspheres can increase the volume of resin putty, improve its polishing function. Packing: net 10kgs in Plastic film lined plastic weaving bags or strong cartons.

Hollow glass microsphere have been used for almost 30 years in many fields. They have the advantage of being light and cheap. They can be used in a variety of products, including sports equipment, insulation, automobile bodies, marine craft bodies, paints, and fire and heat protection devices.

The sample-list below shows the types of products that would be enhanced with Hollow glass microsphere.

PLASTICS: BMC, SMC, Injection Molding, Extruding, PVC flooring, Film, Nylon, High Density Polyethylene, Low Density Polyethylene, Polypropylene

CERAMICS: Refractory, Tile, Firebricks, Aluminum Cement, Insulating Materials, Coatings

ROCK OIL: Oil well construction, Heat preservation of oil pies, Materials used again erosion

CHEMISTRY: Paints, Fillers, Dope

RUBBER: Tyre

SPORTS: Surf boards, bowling balls, Flotation Devices, Golf equipment

MILITARY: Explosives, Screen shielding, Soundproof

SPACE: Aerospace coatings, Aerospace composites

SAILING: Ship bodies, Floating materials, Navigation marks

AUTOMOTIVE: Composites, Undercoating, Engine parts, Brake pads, Trim molding, Body fillers, Plastics, Sound proofing materials

CONSTRUCTION: Specialty cements, Mortars, Grouts, Stucco, Roofing materials, Acoustical panels.

Nickel Coating Technology – Nickel is a metal which lends itself to the electroless plating methods employed by MTL for particle coating. It has the potential to be used in a number of application areas, not least as a cheaper alternative to conductive silver.

However, in this particular application, nickel demonstrates gradual surface ‘passivation’ and the level of conductivity decays over a relatively short time. This may be an issue which could be resolved through further development work.

Nickel coated hollow glass microspheres also have ferromagnetic properties, which MTL has investigated with respect to their use in low density materials for radar absorption. Unfortunately, the frequency bands of interest in ‘stealth’ applications are not strongly absorbed by the nickel composites prepared using MTL materials. This application may be better served by the iron coating technology developed by MTL .

There could be potential in the use of light weight cores coated with relatively thick nickel layers e.g. up to 10 microns. These materials could be used in inductive heating applications where the relatively low thermal mass of the coated low density core would be of advantage in rapid temperature cycling. Opportunities still exist in this area and MTL have established methods for the preparation of coated particles of the necessary specification.

From:microspheretechnology

These hollow glass microspheres offer a variety of advantages over conventional irregularly-shaped mineral fillers or glass fiber.

Can improve fuel economy.

From:3M

Thermal conductivity measurements were performed to determine the characteristics of hollow glass microspheres as an insulating material and as an opacifying agent for other insulations. The experiments were carried out with a radial flow heat transfer apparatus especially designed to suppress extraneous heat transfers, both internal and external to the heated section, and to provide uniform temperatures on the bounding surfaces. Three types of microsphere insulations were investigated, differing in bulk density and in the presence or absence of an aluminizing coating. The thermal conductivity of the microsphere insulations was found to be about one and a half times that of stagnant air over a wide temperature range. Additional experiments, involving the use of an opacifier (powdered silicon), demonstrated that radiative transfer has a minor effect on the thermal conductivity of microsphere insulations. This finding was corroborated by the fact that the high-temperature conductivity of the aluminized microspheres was not appreciably different from that of the uncoated microspheres. Another set of experiments was performed in which microsphere insulation was added to opacify silica aerogel, a fine powder insulation that is markedly affected by radiative transfer. The presence of the microspheres brought about reductions in conductivity of almost a factor of two at an optimum mixture ratio of the constituents. Furthermore, it was found that the conductivity of such a mixture was lower than that of either constituent, thereby illustrating their synergistic interaction.

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