Product Overview & Quality

Product Name: Glass ball (Glass bead)
diameter 3 to 4 millimeters
Brand: Kemaus (Product Code: KA-1700)
Grade: Laboratory Grade, featuring highly uniform sizing and smooth spherical surfaces. Manufactured from premium soda-lime or borosilicate glass under Kemaus standards, ensuring excellent chemical resistance against strong acids and alkalis with zero sample contamination.
Physical Properties: Colorless, odorless, transparent glass spheres. High thermal stability.
Key Use: Primarily used as anti-bumping granules (boiling stones) in distillation or boiling flasks to promote smooth, even boiling and prevent violent bumping. Also applied as mixing beads in shaking flasks for sample homogenization or as packing material in fractional distillation columns to increase surface area.

Safety & Hazards

Classification: Non-hazardous substance according to GHS regulations. Inert material with zero chemical toxicity.
Mechanical Risks: Represents a physical slipping hazard if spilled on floors. May break under extreme mechanical stress; broken glass fragments can cause skin cuts or serious eye injury.
First Aid Measures: If glass dust or fragments enter eyes, flush immediately with plenty of water and do not rub. Treat skin cuts with standard first aid.

Handling & Storage

Storage: Store in the original Kemaus container at room temperature in a dry location. No special chemical compatibility restrictions apply.
Precautions: Visually inspect beads before use. Do not reuse cracked or damaged glass beads to avoid introducing fine glass particles into chemical mixtures