Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Blend
- No
- CASE Ingredients Functions
- Chemical Family
- Chemical Name
- Country of Origin
- Function
- Filler
- Product Code
- MITM13584
- Single Ingredient
- Yes
- Synonyms
- Glass, oxide, chemicals, Oxide glass chemicals, Glass Fiber
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- CASE Ingredients Features
- Labeling Claims
- Materials Features
- Product Benefits
Weight Matters in the Automotive Industry:
- 3M™ Glass Bubbles VS7000 can reduce the weight of underbody coating and seam sealer by up to 50% – contributing to lower overall vehicle weight, which in turn can help meet increasingly-stringent industry and government standards. In addition, reducing weight can also help improve battery range and life in electric and hybrid vehicles.
Reducing the Cost of Regulatory Compliance:
- Strict environmental regulations have pushed automakers towards the use of more expensive resins, such as acrylics, to achieve mandated reductions in their use of PVC. 3M glass bubbles can help minimize the economic impact of this changeover by displacing more of the costlier resins.
Benefits of the 3M™ Glass Bubbles VS7000 in Seam Sealing and Underbody Applications:
- Can be used in multiple sealing applications
- Reduces plastisol weight up to 50%
- Allows increased volume loading while maintaining desired viscosity
- Low aspect ratio enables faster wettability and dispersion
- Produces surfaces that are easily skived (trimmed to desired thickness)
- Can reduce sag on vertical applications
- High strength and pressure stable to achieve consistent, low density in multi-seal applications
- Helps reduce equipment wear compared to irregular fillers
- Enables Class A paintable surface with the New 3M™ Glass Bubbles VS7000.
Applications & Uses
- Adhesive & Sealant End Applications
- Coating End Applications
- Markets
- Applications
- Product Applications
- Non-paintable interior seam seal
- Underbody sealer
- Hem seal / cosmetic seal / paintable seal
- Anti-chip
- Roof ditch
Properties
- Physical Form
- Typical Reduction
Component Heavyweight (Control) Lightweight with 3M™ Glass Bubbles
PVC Resin 30 vol% 25 vol% Plasticizer 41 vol% 35 vol% Diluent 7 vol% 6 vol% Filler 22 vol% 4 vol% 3M™ Glass Bubbles VS Series - 30 - 50 vol% Density 11.5 - 13 lbs/gal 6.5 - 8 lbs/gal Density Reduction (%) - 35 - 50%
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- Chemical Inventories
- Contains any chemicals listed on Prop 65 (including impurities, residues, catalysts, monomers, and by-products and excluding heavy metals)?
- Quality Standards
Packaging & Availability
Principal Information
- Group Principal Number
- S002409
- Principal
Other
- Item Number
- Odor (SDS)
- Odorless
- USA/DOT UN Number
- Not Applicable
- Mechanical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Tensile Strength 482.0 bar 80% survival - Physical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Density 0.32 g/cm³ Particle Size 35.0 µm 0.9 Particle Size 14.0 µm 10 % solution Particle Size 25.0 µm as 50% - SDS Physical and Chemical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Density (SDS) 0.1-0.6 g/cm³ Softening Point (SDS) min. 600.0 °C Specific Gravity (SDS) 0.1-0.6 - Volatile Content (SDS) max. 0.5 %(W/W)