A method of manufacture of a powder comprising, or consisting essentially of, microspheres, the method comprising: providing a feed powder; and applying at least one spheroidisation flame to the powder. The powder may be suitable for use in medical and/or non-medical applications.

Microspheres comprising a plurality of hollow microspheres, each of the plurality of hollow microspheres comprising a plurality of glass walls, and a plurality of hollow spaces, wherein the plurality of glass walls enclosing at least one of the plurality of hollow spaces, wherein the plurality of glass walls comprising a second glass, wherein the second glass comprising a processed first glass melt, wherein the processed first glass melt comprising a melt of a batch and a plurality of redox active group components capable of providing at least one of a plurality of redox reactions and a plurality of events in the second glass.

A process and a plant produce hollow microspheres made of glass. According to the process an aqueous suspension is prepared from starting materials containing glass powder and water glass, feedstock particles having a diameter between 5 μm and 300 μm, in particular between 5 μm and 100 μm, being produced from the suspension. The feedstock particles are mixed with a pulverulent release agent made of aluminum hydroxide in an intensive mixer. The mixture of feedstock particles and release agent is subsequently introduced into a firing chamber of a furnace. The feedstock particles expand in the firing chamber, at a firing temperature which exceeds the softening temperature of the glass powder, to form the hollow microspheres.

The present invention relates to functionalized hollow glass microspheres for recovering fine hydrophobic particles, and to their preparation method. The invention also relates to a system for carrying out the method for preparing the functionalized microspheres, to a method for selectively recovering fine material and, lastly, to the use of the microspheres in the separation of, inter alia, minerals, micro drops of organic materials, plastics, and pollutants.

A glass filler powder includes a bubble therein, a volume fraction of the bubble being from 0.2% to 2%.

A robust sintered retroreflective composite comprising, a core bead, a peripheral bead, and an interphase coating. The bead can be used in typical retroreflective indicia and uses.

The present disclosure provides a member having a porous layer containing particles and having a low refractive index and high film strength and a coating liquid for forming a porous layer containing particles, wherein the porous layer contains a plurality of silicon oxide particles bound by an inorganic binder and at least one acid.

The present invention is directed to hollow aluminosilicate glass particles and a process for the production thereof. Further, the present invention is directed to an article comprising said hollow aluminosilicate glass particles as well as the use of said particles as a filler for high temperature products, molten metal, injection moulded synthetic materials, flame-retardant insulating foams, cement slurries, mortars, concretes and oil field applications.

A method for producing hollow glass microspheres includes preparing an aqueous suspension of starting materials including finely ground glass and waterglass. Combustible particles are produced from the suspension and are mixed with an AlO(OH)-containing pulverulent release agent. The mixture of combustible particles and release agent is introduced into a combustion chamber of a furnace where it is expanded at a combustion temperature which exceeds the softening temperature of the finely ground glass, to form the hollow microspheres. Hollow glass microspheres produced according to the method are also provided.

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing hollow glass microbeads coated with graphene oxide, which includes: dispersing graphene oxide into deionized water, to form an aqueous graphene oxide solution; placing hollow glass microbeads into the aqueous graphene oxide solution, to achieve a dispersion liquid; and simultaneously performing an ultrasonic vibration treatment and a drying treatment to the dispersion liquid, to achieve the hollow glass microbeads coated with the graphene oxide. Through simultaneously performing the ultrasonic vibration treatment and the drying treatment to the dispersion liquid, the graphene oxide is uniformly coated on the surface of the hollow glass microbeads, and thus the surface properties of the hollow glass microbeads are maintained, because no other additives such as adhesives are required.