High Purity Inert Alumina Ceramic Ball Catalyst Support Media for Petrochemical Industry

Short Description:

Our Inert Alumina Ceramic Balls are the most widely used catalyst support media in the world. Manufactured from premium high-quality chemical porcelain and alumina, they offer excellent mechanical strength, exceptional resistance to high temperatures and pressures, and unmatched chemical stability against acids and alkalis, providing a reliable foundation for heavy-duty chemical reactors.


  • Product Name: Inert Ceramic Ball / Alumina Ceramic Ball
  • Material: Chemical Porcelain / High Alumina Ceramic
  • Al2O3 Content: 17% - 99.5%
  • Size: 3mm, 6mm, 10mm, 13mm, 19mm, 25mm, 38mm, 50mm
  • Feature: High mechanical strength, low water absorption, excellent chemical stability
  • Application: Catalyst bed support and covering layer in petrochemical and fertilizer plants
  • Product Detail

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    Product Introduction

    Inert Ceramic Ball Product Description

    The Inert Ceramic Ball is universally recognized as the standard support and covering media for catalysts, absorbents, and desiccants in chemical and petrochemical reactors. Manufactured from very high-quality chemical-grade porcelain clay and alumina materials, these solid spheres are highly inert and will not react with or contaminate your specific catalyst or chemical processes. They provide a reliable, stable, and mechanically robust foundation that ensures optimal fluid distribution across the catalyst bed while protecting the active catalyst from impurities and high-velocity fluid impacts.
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    Product Highlights

    High Mechanical Strength: Exhibits tremendous crushing strength, easily withstanding extremely high-pressure reactor environments and heavy catalyst bed loads without cracking, powdering, or shattering.

    Excellent Chemical Stability: Highly inert and profoundly resistant to corrosion from all organic and inorganic acids (except hydrofluoric acid), alkalis, and various organic solvents in severe processing environments.

    Exceptional Thermal Resistance: Capable of enduring continuous high operating temperatures and resisting thermal shock during rapid thermal cycling without structural degradation.

    Low Water Absorption: An extremely dense, sintered internal structure ensures minimal moisture absorption, strictly preventing swelling, spalling, or bursting during sudden temperature spikes.

    Versatile Grading Options: Available in a wide spectrum of alumina contents (ranging from regular 17% up to ultra-high 99.5%) to perfectly match the specific chemical, thermal, and economic requirements of any industrial reactor.

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    Typical Applications

    Catalyst bed support and covering in petroleum refineries, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization, and catalytic reforming units. Gas processing plants, natural gas drying, and molecular sieve dehydration systems. Chemical and fertilizer plants, specifically as support media in ammonia synthesis and methanol reactors.

    Parameter

    Size (mm) 17-25% Al2O3 Crushing Strength (KN/pc) 90-95% Al2O3 Crushing Strength (KN/pc) 99% Al2O3 Crushing Strength (KN/pc) Water Absorption (%) Bulk Density (g/cm³)
    φ6 (1/4") More than 0.5 More than 1.2 More than 1.5 $\le$ 5.0 1.35 - 3.50
    φ10 (3/8") More than 1.0 More than 2.5 More than 3.0 $\le$ 5.0 1.35 - 3.50
    φ13 (1/2") More than 2.0 More than 4.5 More than 6.0 $\le$ 5.0 1.35 - 3.50
    φ19 (3/4") More than 4.0 More than 8.0 More than 10.0 $\le$ 5.0 1.35 - 3.50
    φ25 (1") More than 6.0 More than 12.0 More than 15.0 $\le$ 5.0 1.35 - 3.50
    φ38 (1.5") More than 10.0 More than 20.0 More than 25.0 $\le$ 5.0 1.35 - 3.50
    φ50 (2") More than 16.0 More than 30.0 More than 40.0 $\le$ 5.0 1.35 - 3.50

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