Roadex Glass Beads

Product Description

Roadex Glass Beads are manufactured as per British standard BS-6088-A and AASHTO-247-M to meet the retro reflection of all types of road marking paint e.g. Thermoplastic Hot Melt, Chlorinated Rubber (CR), Water-Based and Cold Plastic two-component to provide excellent night retro-reflectivity.

The Glass Beads are coated with silicon which can improve the coupling between glass beads and road marking materials, prevents sinking of glass beads to the bottom of material and give maximum reflection.

Technical Specification

Chemical composition Sodium lime glass (SiO2 ≥ 62%)
Appearance Clean and transparent with no obvious impurity
Specific gravity 2.4 – 2.6 g/cm3
Bulk weight approximately 1.5 g/cm3
Refractive index ≥5
Spherical beads >90%
Hardness 5.5 – 6.0 Moh’s

Gradation

Sieve % Passing By Mass
1.7 mm 100
600 µ 80 – 100
425 µ 45 – 100
300 µ 10 – 45
212 µ 0 – 25
75 µ 0 – 5

Packaging & Storage

Packaging is available in net 25 kg bags (polythene with liner or paper bags with plastic liner). Keep bags dry, sheltered and away from moisture.