3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS Series are a density-reducing agent for drilling, completion, work-over fluids, and cement slurries. These bubbles can help reduce control-fluid density, enhance homogeneous control-fluid properties, and eliminate the need for specialized equipment used in foamed cement. Help minimize problems with excellence overbalance conditions with 3M™ Glass Bubbles HGS Series.3M Glass Bubbles are hollow, water-resistant, and chemically-stable soda-lime-borosilicate glass microspheres that are engineered to serve as an alternative to conventional fillers and additives like silica, calcium carbonate, talc, and clay. These low-density particles are used in a wide range of industries to help reduce part weight, lower costs, and enhance product properties. Because of their unique spherical shape, they also offer a number of important benefits, including higher filler-loading, lower viscosity/improved flow, and reduce shrinkage/warpage. Discover how 3M Glass Bubbles can be mixed in with a variety of compounds to be sprayed, cast, and/or moulded with incredible results.
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Composition:
Soda-lime Borosilicate Glass
Crush Strength (Metric):
27.58 MPa (80% Minimum Fractional Survival) MPa
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Other Details
000 psi (27.58 MPa) and a density of 0.28 g/cc
and chemically-stable soda-lime-borosilicate glass
Compatible with both water and oil-based systems
Each bubble has a crush strength of 4
Eliminates the need for specialized equipment used in foamed cement while helping to ensure consistency batch-to-batch and location-to-location
Incompressible and more homogeneous control fluid properties compared to aerated systems
Resistant to shear and impact forces when circulating through bit nozzles and impacting formation walls
Successfully and predictably reduce control fluid density