500mL Classic Grinding Bowl, Hardened Stainless Steel

500mL Classic Grinding Bowl, Hardened Stainless Steel

This 500mL Classic Grinding Bowl, crafted from hardened stainless steel, is an essential component for your Fritsch Classic Planetary Mill. Designed for superior performance and longevity, it effectively contains both the grinding balls and the material to be processed. Each bowl comes complete with a lid and a durable seal ring for secure operation.

Key Features & Benefits of Hardened Stainless Steel:

• Durability: Offers exceptional resistance to wear and abrasion, making it ideal for grinding hard, tough, or abrasive samples.
• Versatility: Suitable for a wide range of materials, including minerals, ceramics, alloys, and general laboratory samples where metallic contamination (e.g., iron, chromium, nickel) is acceptable or can be tolerated.
• Corrosion Resistance: Provides good resistance against various chemicals, ensuring a longer lifespan and reliable results.

Choosing the Right Bowl Material: The selection of the grinding bowl material is crucial and must always be harder than the material being ground to prevent unwanted contamination and ensure effective comminution. While this hardened stainless steel bowl is robust, bowls are available in various other materials (e.g., agate, zirconium oxide, tungsten carbide) to meet the specific requirements of different grinding applications and prevent sample contamination.

Operational Guidelines for Planetary Mills: For optimal performance and safety, multi-station planetary mills should always be operated with balanced loads. It is vital to maintain consistency in the bowls, grinding balls, and sample volume at each grinding station. For precise balancing, especially when only one bowl is in use or the sample mass is low, it is recommended to use an equal total mass of fine sand (such as play sand) as a counterweight in an opposing bowl.

Capacity & Grinding Balls: This 500mL grinding bowl offers an optimal usable capacity of 80–225mL for your sample material and grinding balls. Please note that grinding balls suitable for your application are sold separately and must be chosen based on the material's hardness and desired fineness.