Yttria stabilized zirconia media provides an effective, contamination free solution for advanced industries like pharmaceuticals and paint production. Its dense structure ensures greater grinding efficiency while shortening process times considerably.
Ready for use – acid washed, heat treated and certified nuclease/protease free. 250 g bottles containing 0.1 mm zirconium ceramic beads suitable for homogenization purposes.
Product Description
Acid washed and heat treated zirconium ceramic beads have been acid washed and heat treated to remove nucleases and proteases for homogenization with any bead homogenizer. 250 g bottle.
Yttrium stabilized zirconia milling media is widely utilized as an advanced grinding and dispersing media in pharmaceuticals, paints and inks. Their hardness and superior density compared to glass or alumina medias enable them to efficiently grind more material in less time, saving processing costs while offering exceptional chemical, thermal and wear resistance properties.
Fused zirconia oxide (ZYO) beads are high-performance ceramic media used for grinding and dispersing in ball, basket and attrition mills with sand, glass or even alumina particles. Their superior durability and low porosity make them perfect for high-impact applications, including those where viscous or abrasive materials need to be processed at elevated temperatures. Zirconia sintering produces an exceptionally tough and durable media with exceptional electrical insulating properties, thermal stability and ionic conductivity – features that also increase longevity when exposed to frequent impact and vibration in milling applications. ZYO beads are manufactured through a joint process created between Jinkun Zirconia Industry of Korea and Sigmund Lindner GmbH of Germany.
Applications
Zirconia is an extremely hard, wear-resistant material with excellent toughness and thermal stability, making it suitable for pharmaceutical processes requiring temperature control to ensure active ingredient integrity. Furthermore, this chemically inert material does not react with lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) which is essential in battery manufacturing processes. With excellent thermal stability and ionic conductivity properties it makes an excellent material choice when processing ceramic materials used to manufacture high-temperature ceramic composites or solid oxide fuel cells.
Durability makes yttrium stabilized zirconia beads the ideal media for attrition and ball milling of ceramic materials in industries such as ceramics and paints, while their higher density results in greater grinding efficiency and reduced process times compared with glass or alumina grinding media. Furthermore, Precellys homogenizers utilize these beads as grinding media in their grinding-agitation machines in order to facilitate cell lysate preparation.
Zirconia beads are more efficient grinding media than glass or alumina, which require more energy to generate fine particle sizes with equal efficacy. This results in lower maintenance costs for the grinder as well as energy savings during grinding processes, as their low coefficient of friction reduces force required for grinding materials, increasing equipment lifespan and process consistency, thus offering longer use periods than other media and offering greater protection in high impact environments.
Specifications
Yttrium Stabilized Zirconia beads are an ideal grinding media choice for ceramics, offering both superior density and durability. Boasting high hardness and chemical resistance, these beads can withstand rigorous environments like milling and attrition applications without succumbing to wear and tear damage. Their superior density compared to glass and alumina ensures high grinding efficiency, significantly decreasing processing time while increasing dispersion efficiency – essential qualities in industries like pharmaceuticals or paints where particle size control is critical.
YSZ beads are produced from only premium-grade zirconium dioxide raw material, producing superior grain structure and consistency for long life span in high speed mills, significantly increasing performance while significantly extending life span and life expectancy. Furthermore, due to high fracture toughness and wear resistance of YSZ material they help minimize contamination during milling processes thus eliminating the need to clean or reprocess after every use.
General laboratory applications typically utilize beads with 0.1 mm diameter beads for homogenizing most cells and tissues, with larger-sized beads recommended when dealing with tough or fibrous materials such as tough skin tissue or monocot leaves where additional disruption power might be necessary – particularly where zirconia/silica beads add weight for better disruption power than glass beads do; glass or zirconia/silica beads work better when dealing with yeast and bacteria inoculums, for instance.
Packaging
Yttrium stabilized zirconia beads are among the highest performing grinding media available, delivering superior durability and density for attrition, ball milling and high energy re-circulation processes. Their strong mechanical and chemical resistance allow them to withstand environments which would damage glass or alumina beads; their fracture toughness minimizes contamination during milling operations, decreasing downtime while improving wear rates compared with ceria-stabilized zirconia media.
MSE PRO(tm) brand 0.1 mm YSZ beads come packaged in 250 g bottles for use by pharmaceutical and biotech companies, research universities, hospitals, and government labs. Fisher Scientific orders these from MSE Supplies before disbursing to customers directly.
Triple-Pure 0.1 mm Zirconium Ceramic Beads have been acid washed, heat treated, and tested to be nuclease and protease-free for maximum performance in homogenization of both Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria, disrupting cells and tissues with BeadBeater or screw cap microtube applications. They come packaged as one pound non-sterile non-sterile.
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