Detailed Product Description

Zirconium Silicate Ceramic Beads is manufactured by electric/thermal fusion of oxides. The internal structure is made up crystalline ceramic phase bonded by an amorphous silica phase resulting in high impact properties coupled with good hardness.

Zirconium Silicate Ceramic Beads is used for surface cleaning of rubber and plastic molds, castings, boiler and heat exchanger parts, shot peening of components and also in nuclear reactor components like exchanger tube plates prior to welding. Zirconium Silicate Ceramic Beads is also used for deburring locks and lock components and surface preparation of stainless steel parts used in the food industries.

Usage Guidelines and Performance

1. It maybe used in airless and compressed air blasting equipment, both wet and dry.

2. When used in airless blasting equipment, sufficient media coverage of the blades must be maintained to avoid excessive media breakdown rates.

3. Ensure blasting equipment contains a good operating mix if removal of

millscale / discolouration is required.

Grade	B20	B30	B40	B60	B120	B125	B205
	Z850	Z600	Z425	Z300	Z210	Z150	Z100
Breakdown Rate	Approx 15% after 100 cycles

Zirconium Silicate Ceramic Beads Properties

Shape	Smooth Spherical Beads	Typical Crystallographic Analysis
Hardness (HRC)	65	Zirconia	67%
True Relative Density	3.85	Glassy Silica Phase	33%
Bead Relative Density	3.76	Typical Chemical Composition
Bulk Density (kg/m3)	2300	ZrO2	67%
Size Standard	Z-AMS 2431 / 7	SiO2	30%
	B-NF L 06.824	Others	3%

Zirconium Silicate Ceramic Beads Size

Grade	B20	B30	B40	B60	B120	B125	B205
Microns	600-850	425-600	250-425	125-250	70-125	0-125	0-63
Inch (0.001)	.023-.033	.016-.023	.01-.016	.005-.01	.003-.005	0-.005	0-.002
Grade	Z850	Z600	Z425	Z300	Z210	Z150	Z100
Microns	850-1180	600-850	425-600	300-425	210-300	150-210	100-150
Inch (0.001)	.033-.04	.023-.033	.016-.023	.01-.016	.008-.01	.006-.008	.004-.006