Technical Quality Spheres


Potters Industries' A-series glass beads are widely used for grinding, dispersing, and deagglomerating a variety of materials. Among the materials are magnetic tape oxides, pigments (for paints, coatings, and inks), cosmetics, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, agricultural products, and dyestuffs.

Other applications for A-series glass beads include mechanical plating, polishing, chromatography, fluidized beds, heat transfer, and filtration.

Typical Physical and Chemical Properties

Density 2.50 g/cc
Weight 3.70 lb/l
Refractive index 1.51 - 1.52
Crush resistance 14,000 - 36,000 psi
Hardness 5 - 6 (Moh's scale)
Composition soda-lime silica glass
Free silica None

Product Specifications: A-Series Technical Quality Products
MSDS: Glass Spheres - A Series, P Series


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