Zirconia Silica Beads

Pre-filled 2 ml tubes feature screw caps with no skirt and will fit most bead homogenizers. Acid washed and heat treated to remove contaminants and render them nuclease free.

Garnet sharp particles accelerate lysis of tough tissue samples. However, one possible drawback is that they leave behind a brown-gray hue to the homogenate that may need to be clarified using high G-force centrifugation.

High purity

Beads made of Yttria stabilized zirconia (ySZ) are used in their creation. This material is the same grade of ySZ used for advanced ceramic components production, providing high purity, low contamination media.

ySZ beads are known for being highly durable when used in high energy milling processes, meaning that they can be utilized over an extended period of time, increasing lab throughput while decreasing batch production costs and saving money on consumables. Their durability also results in lower consumable costs overall.

ySZ beads come in various sizes and have been acid washed and heat treated to remove contaminants and ensure nuclease-free status. Packaged in 2-ml screw-cap microvials that are compatible with most bead beaters, these microbeads also come prefilled into tubes for convenience.

When homogenizing tough or fibrous tissue, use beads with higher density for homogenization. Zirconia-silica beads can be useful in disrupting spores or extracting tough fibrous plant material like monocot leaves; 3 2.3 mm chrome-steel beads work just as effectively; garnet sharp particles also accelerate tissue lysis faster and are more durable than zirconia/silica beads; however they fragment during beadbeating which could prove useful depending on your application; this fragmentation should be eliminated prior to analysis.

High density

Zirconia silicate beads’ dense structure helps minimize broken beads during grinding processes, making it a cost-effective choice compared to glass or ceramic beads. However, due to prolonged grinding sessions they may break and reduce processing efficiency as well as lifespan of media.

Sintering beads produces densely packed materials that eliminate the need for mixing various bead sizes when homogenizing tough tissues such as fecal samples containing bacteria or difficult-to-pulverize plants, speeding up homogenization. Furthermore, their high density prevents any formation of clumps which would interfere with homogenization processes.

Zircosil beads can easily replace ceramic and glass bead materials in dispersing and micro-fine milling applications with low viscous liquids, particularly herbicides, insecticides and fungicides used by farmers. Furthermore, Zircosil beads are useful in preparing bacterial samples for quantitative PCR assays.

These beads feature high fracture toughness and wear resistance, making them suitable for use in high energy mills. Furthermore, their lower contamination rates than ceria-stabilized zirconia medias make them 15% superior in terms of wear rates compared with chrome-steel beads.

High fracture toughness

Zirconia silica nanofibres can improve dental composite stiffness, flexure strength and fracture toughness. One feldspathic ceramic reinforced with 7.5 weight% zirconia silica nanofibres demonstrated significantly greater fracture toughness compared to that of its conventional feldspathic ceramic counterpart due to the zirconia silica nanofibres’ bridging effect and ability to prevent crack opening.

Ceria stabilized zirconia media is highly durable, being resistant to both abrasion and corrosion. This makes it suitable for long-term use without fear of damage or contamination occurring over time. Furthermore, it is non-toxic for the environment and easily cleaned up afterwards.

Media balls feature spherical shapes to simplify milling processes, leading to faster processing times than glass beads and withstanding high energy milling, maximising throughput and productivity in lab environments.

High-quality yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) beads are manufactured using premium zircon and are processed through high temperature sintering, creating medium density media with lower price points and excellent breakage resistance, making it perfect for large volume agitated bead mills. Plus they boast low wear rates that outshone standard high alumina grinding medias in industrial tests by up to 15 times – not to mention available in various sizes for any application!

High wear resistance

Zirconia Silicate beads are versatile media that serve multiple roles within the grinding and dispersing industry. Ideal for attritors, ball mills, basket mills and high-speed agitation mills; their higher wear resistance reduces replacement needs while increasing overall productivity; additionally they’re chemically inert so work with water-based processes without decolorizing other media types.

Zirconia silicate beads are formed using powdered ingredients mixed together and processed through slurry processing to remove excess moisture before being sent through a spray tower for rapid drying. Once ready, granules can then be fed into a ball forming machine to shape to your desired size before going through selection and final baking in a kiln.

Glass (silica) beads, zirconium beads and stainless steel homogenizer media all perform effectively at disrupting cells and tissues; however, many researchers have discovered that using denser media results in higher cell and tissue homogenization yields. Health & Science University researchers utilized 1.0mm zirconia sharp beads in a Mini-Bead Beater to homogenize whole organs at ambient or cryo temperatures without pre-chopping or matrix digestion – leading to significant increases in cell and tissue homogenization yields.