Pilkington Microfloat™

Overview

Pilkington Microfloat™ is an ultra-thin float glass made to exacting standards, suitable for a variety of applications.

Pilkington Microfloat™ is a high-grade float glass made to precise standards. Its excellent plane and low tolerances of thickness make it ideal for a wide range of uses, primarily microscope slides but also cosmetic mirrors, chromatographic plates, photomasks, automotive and technical glass, dependent on its thickness.

The glass is produced as a normal float glass. A silane coating applied during
manufacture to improve its wetability, to give an even film particularly when used as microscope slides, is available on request.

Benefits

• High-grade thin float glass offering excellent plane and low thickness tolerances.
• Silane coated for improved wetability, ensuring an even film.
• Excellent optical transmission.
• Free of fluorescent reflections.
• Resistant to chemicals.
• Extended shelf life.
• Available in several thicknesses:
  0.95 - 1.05mm (microscope slides)
  1.0 - 1.2mm (microscope slides, cosmetic mirrors)
  1.2 - 1.4mm (chromatographic plates, cosmetic mirrors, technical glass)
  1.5 - 1.7mm (photomasks, automotive, technical glass)
  Other thicknesses may be available on request
• Glass is pre-cut to your specification.