Useful for bead beating finer soil, soft tissues, and thin leaves, 1.0 µm Acid Washed Zirconium Beads (Zirconium Silicate) are a good choice for applications requiring grinding media denser than silica, less expensive than stainless steel, and inert in most solutions.
Our 1.0 mm Acid Washed Zirconium Beads are ready-to-use, having been treated with acidified water to remove fine particles, dust, and other impurities typically found in untreated beads, and further baked to drive off organic impurities.
Citations
Johnson, E. L.; Heaver, S. L.; Waters, J. L.; Kim, B. I.; Bretin, A.; Goodman, A. L.; Gewirtz, A. T.; Worgall, T. S.; Ley, R. E. Sphingolipid Production by Gut Bacteroidetes Regulates Glucose Homeostasis. bioRxiv 2019, 632877. https://doi.org/10.1101/632877.
