Hollow Polypropylene Balls
• For floating on top of water baths, tanks or vats to minimize heat or cold loss and evaporation, while permitting insertion and removal of vessels, racks, etc.
• Minimize temperature loss
• A single layer of balls floating on bath surface can reduce heat loss by up to 75%, providing improved temperature stability
• Maximum recommended temperature 110°C (230°F)
• Softening point: 130° to 150°C; brittle point: 2°C
• Density: 0.905 g/mL; tensile strength: 4600 psi
To fill one square foot of bath surface requires 1076 size 3/8” diameter balls or 270 size 3/4” diameter balls. One package of 5000 size 3/8” balls will cover 4.6 square feet of bath surface. One package of 2000 size 3/4” will cover 7.4 square feet of bath surface. Diameter of bath ball is given in listings. Additional sizes are available on special order.
