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Aluminum Oxide Blast Media
Why Aluminum Oxide Media? It is among the hardest abrasive available and its great on new and coated steel.
Aluminum Oxide Blasting Media
- Brown Aluminum Oxide is among the Hardest Abrasive available (only Diamond is harder)
- Recycle 4 to 7 times
- New and coated steel
- Environmentally Friendly Abrasive
- No detectable silica
- Extremely low dust
- Very low consumption rate on new steel (~ 1 to 2 lbs/sq. ft. at 110psi Nozzle)
- Low embedment
- Available in 50 & 400 lb Fiber Drums & 2000 lb Bulk Bags
- Tech Data Sheet (PDF)
- SDS (PDF)
Technical data
- Abrasive TypeAluminum Oxide
- ShapeAngular/Sharp
- Bulk Density (lbs/cu.ft.)115 to120 lbs/cu.ft.
- Specific Gravity3.9 g/cc
- MOH Hardness9
- Crystalline Silica ContentNone Detectable
- Potential for EmbedmentVery Low (~1%)
- Dust LevelsVery Low
- Abrasive Fracture PotentialVery Low
- Chloride Content~ 0 ppm
- SSPC SP-10 Near White (over new steel Rust Grade A/B)-
- Production Rate (sf/hr)500+ sf/hr
- Consumption Rate (lbs/hr)400 lbs/hr
- Consumption Rate (lbs/sf)1 to 2 lbs/sf
- # of Recycles4 to 7
- Material Cost per sf : w/o Recycles (StL)$0.60/sf
- Material Cost per sf: w/ Recycles (StL)$0.38/sf
- Cost per Ton (FTL to StL)$1200 (Freight ~$85/ton)
- QPL (< 1% Silica & < 3% Cl)MIL-A-22262 (SH)
- Disposal Cost per Ton~$110/ton
- ColorBrown/Gray
