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3M Glass Bubbles

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Sustainability. The little things matter.

3M™ Glass Bubbles can help customers achieve their sustainability goals by reducing weight and enhancing product properties.

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  • 3M™ Glass Bubbles are intended for industrial applications and manufactured to industrial specifications in conformance with various recognized industrial quality standards. These products are not intended, designed, manufactured or labeled for sale to or use by consumers, or for medical device, food/food supplement/food additive, drug, or cosmetics applications. 3M Advanced Materials Division (3M) will assess the intended use of 3M™ Glass Bubbles and reserves the right not to sample, sell or supply if 3M determines that it is not in a position to support the intended use of 3M™ Glass Bubbles.

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All 3M Glass Bubbles

Imagine lighter-weight vehicles that can travel farther on less fuel. More efficient ways to drill for oil and insulate deepsea pipelines. Paint that helps keep homes cooler on hot, sunny days. In all these ways and more, 3M Glass Bubbles are helping a wide range of industrial sectors solve their design challenges and reach new levels of performance and productivity.

3M Glass Bubbles are high-strength, low-density hollow glass microspheres made from soda-lime borosilicate glass. They are nonporous, chemically stable and provide excellent water and oil resistance. Strong enough to survive processing, they can be incorporated into a wide range of polymers for density reduction. And the benefits of 3M Glass Bubbles go far beyond lightweighting: the inherent properties of these microspheres provide a number of unique performance and processing advantages.

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Browse 3M Glass Bubbles for your application

Choose an application to compare specific grades against each other and view product details or view all glass bubble grades below.

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3M Glass Bubbles resources

  • Technical knowhow

    3M™ Glass Bubbles Compounding and Injection Molding Guidelines (PDF, 436 KB)

    3M™ Glass Bubbles Brochure (PDF, 1.9 MB)

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  • Handling information

    3M™ Glass Bubbles Bag Unloading Suggestions (PDF, 234 KB)

    3M™ Glass Bubbles Metering and Mixing Guide (PDF, 215 KB)

    3M™ Glass Bubbles Box Unloading Suggestions (PDF, 359 KB)

  • Technical papers

    3M™ Glass Bubbles iM16K for Reinforced Thermoplastics (PDF, 794 KB)

    Glass Bubble Survival During Twin Screw Compounding (PDF, 945 KB)

    Innovative High Strength Glass Microspheres for Extruded and Injection Molded Plastics (PDF, 363 KB)

    “Plug-N-Play” Weight Reduction Solution by Hollow Glass Microspheres (PDF, 1.4 MB)

    Benefits & Processing Behavior of Glass Bubbles in Polymer Wood (PDF, 923 KB)

    Productivity Benefits of 3M™ Glass Bubbles in Injection Molded Thermoplastics via Increased Cooling (PDF, 379 KB)

    Using Hollow Glass Microsphere Masterbatches to Optimize Formulations at the Injection Molding Press (PDF, 513.16 KB)

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3M™ Glass Bubble S32HS

3M Stock

B5005035032

Alternative ID

S32HS

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3M™ Glass Bubbles S38HS

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0.46 g/cm³; 16,000 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles S4630

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0.35 g/cm³; 3000 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles S35

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0.60 g/cm³; 27,000 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles iM30K

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0.18 g/cm³; 500 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles G18/500, Small box (40 lb)

3M Stock

B40064645

UPC

00021200224928

Alternative ID

G18/500

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3M™ Glass Bubbles XLD3000

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0.42 g/cm³; 7,500 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles K42HS

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3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS4000

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3M™ Glass Bubbles K46

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3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS5000

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0.15 g/cm³; 300 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles S15

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3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS6000

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0.16 g/cm³; 500 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles A16/500

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3M™ Glass Bubbles K20HS

3M Stock

B5005217016

0.32 g/cm³; 7,000 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS7K32

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0.32 g/cm³; 2,000 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles S32

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3M™ Glass Bubbles iM16K

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0.32 g/cm³; 4,500 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles D32/4500

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3M™ Glass Bubbles K20

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0.60 g/cm³; 6,000 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles S60

3M Stock

B40064607

Alternative ID

S60

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3M™ Glass Bubbles K25

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3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS4K28

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3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS19K46

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3M™ Glass Bubbles S22

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3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS8000X

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0.20 g/cm³; 1,000 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles A20/1000

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0.38 g/cm³; 4,000 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles S38

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3M™ Glass Bubbles K1

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0.11 g/cm³; 200 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles K11

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3M™ Glass Bubbles S28HS

3M Stock

B40064646

Alternative ID

S28HS

0.60 g/cm³; 18,000 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles S60HS

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3M™ Glass Bubbles K37

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0.38 g/cm³; 5,500 psi

3M™ Glass Bubbles S38XHS

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3M™ Glass Bubbles K15

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3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS10000

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