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3M™ Ceramic Microspheres are unique, semi-transparent fine particle size high-strength ceramic microspheres; used to reduce VOC levels, increase filler loadings, improve hardness and add burnish, scrub and abrasion resistance to a variety of coating formulations.

 
Isostatic Crush Strength
(90% survival, psi)
True Density
(g/cc)
Particle Size
(microns, by volume)
Distribution
Effective
top size
95th%
10th%
50th%
90th%
W-210
>60,000
2.4
1
3
11
12
W-410
>60,000
2.5
1
4
15
24
W-610
>60,000
2.5
1
10
28
40
NOTE: Technical information and data shown here should be considered representative or typical only and should not be used for specification purposes. Refer to product data pages for additional technical infomation.

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3M™ Ceramic Microspheres W-210
3M™ Ceramic Microspheres White Grades are strong, hard, inert, thick-walled white spheres with very high strength, particle size from 0.3-12 microns.

3M™ Ceramic Microspheres W-410
3M™ Ceramic Microspheres White Grades are strong, hard, inert, thick-walled white spheres with very high strength, particle size from 0.3-24 microns.

3M™ Ceramic Microspheres W-610
3M™ Ceramic Microspheres White Grades are strong, hard, inert, thick-walled white spheres with very high strength, particle size from 0.3-40 microns.

3M™ Ceramic Microspheres X-273
Strong, hard, inert, thick-walled white hollow spheres with very high strength, particle size from 1-9 microns.


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