Hollow Glass Microspheres
Ceno Technologies microspheres are hollow, thin-walled spheres of glass manufactured with a mean particle size of around 11 and 18 micrometers. Hollow glass microspheres are sometimes also termed microballoons, have diameters ranging from 10 to 300 micrometers.
Hollow glass microspheres are often used as a lightweight filler in composite materials such as syntactic foam and light weight concrete. They give syntactic foam its light weight, low thermal conductivity, and a resistance to compressive stress that far exceeds that of other foams. These properties are exploited in the hulls of submersibles and deep-sea oil drilling equipment, where other types of foam would implode.
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 microballoons to create an impermeable and easily sanded surface upon which fiberglass laminates are applied.
Silver Coated Microspheres
Our proprietary and patented process allows us to deposit precisely controlled amounts of sliver (and other metals including gold, palladium, iridium, etc.) onto hollow glass microspheres, thus producing highly reflective materials with the conductivity of the precious metals but without the high cost or weight. Further research has resulted in materials which can absorb electromagnetic energy instead of simply reflecting it. Please contact us directly for further details and recommendations
Ceno Technologies Microspheres coated with silver, gold and other Alloys are lightweight, highly reflective, inexpensive and can be easily customized to the specific requirements of the customer.From water or solvent based paints, caulks, tapes, fabric, sheets, plastics and metals, Ceno Technologies materials have proven their effectiveness in a myriad or environments and applications throughout the World.
High performance, extremely reflective, lightweight, low cost conductive shielding materials are available today!