Glass microspheres are
microscopic spheres of
glass manufactured for a wide variety of uses in
research,
medicine,
consumer goods and various industries. Glass microspheres are usually between 1 to 1000 micrometers in diameter, although the sizes can range from 100 nanometers to 5 millimeters in diameter. Hollow glass microspheres, sometimes termed
microballoons, or
glass bubbles have diameters ranging from 10 to 300
micrometers.