Quartz Materials

 

 

Chemical and General Properties

Chemical Properties

Semi-
conductor

IR, Industrial optical

Semi-
conductor, Opaque

Manufac-
turer

GE

GE

NSG

GE

GE

Osram

Osram

NSG

NSG

NSG

Grade

124

144

N

214

224

SG25

SG27

OZ

OP-1

OP-3

Form

Ingot

Tube 
& Rod
Ingot

Ingot

Ingot


Density (gm/cm3)


2.2


2.2


2.2


2.2


2.2


2.2


2.2


2.203


2.05 -2.09


2.05- 2.09

E
L
E
M
E
N
T

Aluminum

16.0

8.3

8

14.0

14.0

15.0

9.0

40.0

120.0

12.0

Antimony

<0.4

                 

Arsenic

<0.4

                 

Boron

<0.1

0.04

 

<0.1

<0.1

<1

<1

     

Cadmium

<0.01

                 

Calcium

0.4

0.6

0.6

0.35

0.35

0.6

0.5

2.5

5

0.5

Chromium

0.05

<0.05

     

<0.1

<0.1

     

Copper

<0.1

<0.05

0.01

<0.05

<0.01

<0.2

<0.2

 

0.03

0.03

Gallium

 

0.5

               

Iron

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.9

1.4

0.8

Lithium

1.0

0.2

0.1

0.5

<0.001

0.7

0.7

0.06

3.7

0.01

Magnesium

0.1

<0.05

     

0.2

<0.2

0.3

0.3

0.2

Manganese

0.1

<0.05

     

<0.1

<0.1

0.03

0.2

0.01

Nickel

<0.1

<0.05

               

Phosphorus

1.5

<0.1

               

Potassium

0.7

0.1

0.2

0.5

0.3

0.6

0.2

1.7

7.6

0.2

Sodium

1.0

0.1

0.5

0.6

0.1

0.7

0.2

2.5

4.0

0.9

Titanium

1.1

1.4

     

0.9

1.2

0.8

   

Zirconium

1.5

<0.1

     

1

0.5

     

Hydroxyl

<10

<10

150-200

15

15

30

30

<180

150

160


Manufacturers:
GE =Momentive (formerly known as General Electric)
NSG =Nippon Silica Glass (now TOSOH SGM USA)
Osram =Osram Sylvania

 

Notes:

All measurements are in ppm.
Blank space - data not provided by the manufacturer.
This comparison is for reference only. This purity data was extracted from published data obtained from the manufacturers.
Please note that all values are typical values, not guaranteed values.

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