0.1 mm Zirconia Beads

zirconia beads with diameters of 0.1 mm are widely employed for mechanical lysis of bacterial samples. During this process, bacteria are broken apart and their DNA extracted for use as a template in quantitative PCR to detect model strains.

Yttrium stabilized zirconia milling media is known to deliver increased grinding efficiency with reduced process times – ideal for high energy mills.

High density

These beads feature high density and smooth surfaces to reduce mill and bead wear, made of pure material to eliminate metal contamination, making them suitable for many different applications. Ideal for use in all agitator bead mills such as IsaMill(r), Metso Vertimill(r), FLSmidth VXPmill(r), OUTOTEC HIGmill(r) and Buhler bead mills, these beads offer increased productivity with minimal mill maintenance costs.

These high-density beads offer higher grinding kinetic energy than other media, helping achieve superior results. They’re particularly useful for dispersing materials prone to contamination from steel media – including pharmaceutical and food products as well as ink, pigment and lighter paint shades.

Zirconia beads are chemically inert, making them ideal for processing high-purity substances. Their thermal stability enables them to withstand high temperatures during grinding; this translates to energy savings because the beads are less likely to break apart or deform during use, meaning you’ll use fewer beads per batch and save both time and money in the process.

High hardness

Made of high grade yttria stabilized zirconia by chemical co-precipitation, our 0.1 mm zirconia beads are extremely hard and boast superior wear resistance, making them suitable for attrition milling to reduce energy consumption in homogenizers and attrition milling applications. Furthermore, they’re more fracture resistant than tungsten carbide for applications that require heavy loads; moreover they remain chemically inert, offering contamination-free performance when it comes to contamination issues.

Zirconia beads offer more durability and require less energy when grinding hard materials than their tungsten carbide counterparts, plus are highly resistant to heat for use in applications where temperatures may increase during grinding processes.

Our 0.1 mm zirconia beads come prefilled in 2 and 7 milliliter screw capped micro vials to fit most bead homogenizers, and are RNase free, making them the ideal way to dissolving tough tissue samples such as spores or fibrous plant material, such as monocot leaves. Furthermore, these zirconia beads can also be attrition ground yeast and bacteria for attrition grinding purposes, or reused by adding new sterilized glass beads for agitator homogenization purposes.

High wear resistance

Zirconia oxide beads boast an outstanding hardness that allows for superior wear resistance, meaning that they can grind substances without becoming damaged and needing replacing more often – decreasing both costs and downtime of your mill in the process.

Chemically inert materials make ceramic milling media ideal for processing highly pure substances, helping prevent contamination during milling processes – an especially crucial feature in pharmaceutical applications where cross-contamination can be an immense problem. Ceramics also possess superior homogenization properties which play an essential part in producing pharmaceutical suspensions.

Sintering processes used to produce zirconia silicate beads ensure dense packing. This results in low rates of bead wear, which helps extend the life of your mill. Furthermore, these beads are free from pin holes, cracks or becoming fused together which means reduced downtime and improved process safety – not to mention being gentle on expensive mill parts.

High thermal stability

Yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) beads are high-performance grinding media that offer exceptional wear resistance and temperature stability, thanks to being composed primarily of zirconium dioxide with an addition of yttrium oxide for increased strength and toughness. As such, these beads make an ideal choice for applications involving abrasive milling processes requiring particle size reduction of at least 30%.

High-performance ceramics offer low thermal expansion rates, making them suitable for applications requiring high tolerance to thermal shock and stress – such as producing thermal barrier coatings for aerospace components and gas turbine engines.

YSZ beads are an excellent choice for laboratory DNA, RNA, and protein extraction processes. Their hard and brittleness help breakdown difficult biological samples more thoroughly than other bead types – providing superior DNA, RNA, or proteins for subsequent scientific experiments.

High ionic conductivity

Stabilized zirconia (CY8Z) stands out with its excellent ionic conductivity, making it an attractive material for oxygen transport applications such as solid oxide fuel cells and electrochemical oxygen pumps. Unfortunately, its bulk conductivity can be limited by grain boundary issues or defect density concerns.

Impedance spectroscopy was used to measure ionic conductivity in YSZ polycrystals. The results demonstrate that impact of defect and grain boundaries on conductivity could be separated from that of crystal structure. Ionic conductivity increased with increasing dopant concentration and decreasing average grain size of polycrystals.

When working with bacteria, use 0.1 mm glass beads. When dealing with yeast/fungi and most tissues, use 1.0 mm glass or zirconia/silica beads. For tough tissues like Spores or Skin as well as non-woody Plant material such as Spores, prechopping/cryopulverizing first is required before beadbeating with three 2.3 mm chrome-steel beads; their denser particles help disrupt and homogenize samples more effectively as well as offering superior mechanical properties which cut through tissue effectively. Additionally they have sharp edges which provide excellent mechanical properties while cutting tissue very effectively.