Materials

Silicon (Si)

Silicon is a material that can be used in many applications – from high-purity, monocrystalline silicon wafers for microelectronics or for research and development purposes to polycrystalline wafers and sputtering targets for coating other materials. But other silicon components, too, such as...

Germanium (Ge)

Germanium is a particularly versatile material used primarily as a mono- or polycrystalline raw material for sophisticated applications in optics and optoelectronics, metrology and many areas of research and development. The very brittle material is often used to manufacture special structural...

Silicon carbide (SiC)

A readily available all-round raw material for particularly challenging applications: High-purity silicon carbide (SiC) permits a wide range of applications. Structural components made of the very hard material, which is highly resistant to heat and a wide variety of chemical process atmospheres,...

Quartz glass (SiO₂)

As a very versatile material, high-purity quartz glass plays an important role in the fields of plant engineering and process technology, in the semiconductor industry, the basic materials industry and in research and development. Quartz glass is also frequently used in modern metrology. At the same...

Ceramic oxides (Al₂O₃ ZrO₂)

Oxide ceramics, such as aluminium oxide and zirconium oxide, are particularly suitable for the manufacturing of structural components that are subjected to high stress. Aluminium oxide, which is very pure and highly resistant to high temperatures and a vast array of chemical and physical factors, is...

Borosilicate glass

As a material that is extremely resistant to chemicals and temperatures, borosilicate glass is used in particular in manufacturing structural components for chemical plant engineering and process technology, in the primary industries and in research and development. As well as being highly resistant...

Piezoelectric materials

Sensors, actuators and ultrasonic generators: The three main areas of use for piezoelectric ceramics. These ceramics are used in modern plant engineering, in many areas of industrial process technology and in the entire field of research and development – such as for measuring acceleration data, for...

Ferrite and magnetic material

some ferrite and magnetic materials can be machined well. The hard, brittle material, which can also be magnetised, is well suited to the manufacturing of structural components that combine the desired physical properties with mechanical stability. Components made from these materials can be...

Nitrides and borides

Nitrides and borides are used, among other things, as coating materials for tools. Thanks to their physical properties, they are especially hard and at the same time display a high level of stability in environments with high temperatures. Their high wear resistance means that they are sometimes...

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