Quartz is a kind of glass, like its name, but what makes it different is that ordinary glass consists of many components, while quartz only consists of SiO₂. Because quartz contains very few metallic impurities, only up to 10ppm (one hundred thousandth), the minimum state is usually only 10ppb (one over a billion) or less, and because of its high purity, the quartz itself presents characteristics and advantages that other glass can not present.

Quartz (SiO₂) material features extremely low thermal expansion coefficient, high temperature resistance, high abrasion resistance, good chemical stability, electrical insulation, low and stable retardation, near ultraviolet (infrared) ray visible light transmittance, high mechanical properties and so on.

Therefore, high-purity quartz materials are widely used in modern electronic technology, semiconductors, telecommunications, electric light sources, solar energy, national defense high-precision measuring instruments, laboratory physics and chemistry instruments, nuclear energy, and nano-industries.

Semiconductor Applications
In the manufacturing process of semiconductors, the main quartz materials are used for quartz tube furnaces, quartz boats, quartz rings, quartz tanks, windows, process equipment, and other related quartz components.
Quartz processing includes: surface grinding, polishing, cylinder cutting, cutting, groove processing, curve processing, special-shaped processing, ultra-fine hole drilling, and film coating.

 

Characteristics of Quartz

• Easy Light Penetration - The easy light penetration of quartz not only applies to visible light. The wavelength light ranges from ultraviolet to infrared light also has good penetration.

• High Purity, as it's only composed of SiO₂, it contains only trace amounts of metal impurities.

• Heat Resistance - With a softening point of about 1700°C, it can be used at a high temperature of 1000°C. The thermal expansion coefficient is small, which can withstand dramatic temperature changes.

• Drug Erosion Resistance - It features quite stable chemical properties with excellent chemical resistance.

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