Floating beads/cenosphere/hollow microspheres in oil drilling?
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white cenosphere
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1. Product name : cenosphere
Cenospheres?are?hollow?ceramic?microspheres?found?in?fly?ash,?a?natural?by-product?of?coal?combustion?during
?the?generation?of?electric?power.?Small?and?hollow,?microspheres?are?used?as?fillers?or?functional?extenders?in?
the?manufacture?of?plastics,?paints,?resins;?light?weight?aggregates?for?cement,?ceramics?and?other?construction?
products.?Because?Cenospheres?often?replace?mined?materials,?they?can?significantly?lower?production?costs.?
Simultaneously,?cenosphere?can?benefit?finished?product?properties?by?increasing?durability?and?better?sound?
proofing.?Too,?as?material?recycled?from?fly?ash,?cenosphere?are?environmentally?friendly?and?help?to?preserve?
natural?virgin?fillers.
Category | Description |
?Oil field | Cementing, drilling muds; drease slurry density without increased water content. |
?Coatings | Highways, driveways, underground pipes and heat-shielding requirements? |
?Plastics | Polyethylene,?polypropylene,?nylon, PVC,?compounding,?film, urethane,?potting?compounds |
?Recreation | Flotation, bowling balls, surf boards, golf?equipment,?marine?compounds,?kayaks. |
?Automotive | Soundproofing,?under-coatings,?brake pads,?sealants, body?fillers and putties,?composites,?steering wheels. |
?Construction | Acoustic enhancement,?acrylic, adhesives, coatings,?backer board, wall panels,?cements, cultured marble,?epoxy, explosives, Exterior?Insulation Finishing Systems?(EIFS), fiberglass, laminates,?light weight aggregate,?synthetic wood, spackle,?carpet backing, geothermal?cements, concrete fiber?board, joint compound,?wood fillers. |
?Ceramics | Tiles, firebricks,?coatings,?refractory,?insulating?materials, high?temperature?cement.? |
?Aerospace | Ceramic?insulation,?tortuous path?matrix,?propeller?blades? |
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Cenospheres have a variety of applications:
1.Cenospheres are hard and rigid, light, waterproof, innoxious, and insulative. This makes them highly useful in a variety of products, notably?fillers.
2.Cenospheres are now used as fillers in?cement?to produce low-density?concrete.
3.Recently, some manufacturers have begun filling metals and polymers with cenospheres to make lightweight?composite materials?with higher strength than other types of?foam?materials. Such composite materials are called syntactic foam. Aluminum-based syntactic foams are finding applications in the?automotive?sector.
4.Silver-coated cenospheres are used in?conductive?coatings, tiles and fabrics.
5.Another use is in conductive?paints?for?antistatic?coatings and?electromagnetic shielding.
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