Application and Classification of Target Sputtering Coating
During physical vapor deposition, the target material is decomposed into a vapor state (usually in a high vacuum environment) and then deposited on other materials (called substrates) to form thin films. Films made by sputtering targets using physical vapor deposition techniques offer many advantages, such as excellent hardness, durability, and good resistance to discoloration and corrosion. As a result, sputter coatings on targets are now increasingly used for a variety of purposes, and the demand for targets is rapidly increasing.
Decorative Coating
Decorative coating mainly refers to the surface coating of mobile phones, watches, glasses, sanitary ware, hardware parts, etc. to make them look more beautiful. Since pure metal sputtering targets and alloy sputtering targets come in a variety of metallic colors, PVD coatings are widely used for decoration. For example, the TiN sputtered film has a noble gold color, and the Cr2N sputtered film has a beautiful silver color. PVD coating is also available in other special colors, such as rose gold, smoke gray, copper, etc.
Optical Coating
PVD coatings in optical coatings are used in cameras including anti-reflection coatings, high reflection coatings in solar receivers, glass low emission coatings, etc. Take Low-E glass as an example, it reflects heat back to its source to keep rooms cool in summer and warm in winter, helping to prevent UV fading without requiring special cleaning. As a result, Low-E coated glass has recently replaced the traditional architectural glass. And almost all large glass processing companies are rapidly adding glass coating lines. Accordingly, the demand for sputtering targets has also increased rapidly.
Protective Coating
A protective coating, applied to the substrate, provides protection and prolongs its service life. The protective film includes corrosion protective film, lubricating film and thermal protective film. TiC sputtered films and BN sputtered films are often used as hard films in cutting and abrasive tools.
Electrical Coating
The rapid development of the electronics industry requires high-purity, high-quality materials. Sputtering targets can be used to manufacture conductive materials and dielectric thin films, superconducting thin films and ITO thin films in semiconductor devices and integrated circuits.
Solar Cell Coating
At present, solar cells have been developed for the third generation. The first generation is monocrystalline silicon solar cells, the second generation is amorphous silicon and polycrystalline silicon solar cells, and the third generation is thin film solar cells (represented by copper indium gallium selenide CIGS thin films), and the sputtering coating process is the preferred preparation method.
Application of molybdenum in petroleum and chemical industries
Molybdenum is a silver-white metal that has high hardness, high melting point, and high thermal conductivity. And it does not react with air at room temperature. Due to a variety of advantages, molybdenum and its compounds are widely used in petroleum and chemical industries.
Molybdenum plays an important role in petroleum cracking and reforming and is an ideal electron donor and carrier. Molybdenum has excellent acid and corrosion resistance and can be used to make vacuum equipment, heat exchangers, steamers, oil tank linings, various acid and alkali liquid containers, storage tanks and other chemical equipment materials. Molybdenum trioxide, molybdenum disulfide
Molybdenum compounds, such as ammonium
Some compounds of molybdenum are also widely used in the pigment industry. Lead molybdate, zinc molybdate
Molybdenum compounds are also widely used as chemical reagents such as molybdenum trioxide, ammonium molybdate, ammonium paramolybdate, phosphomolybdic acid
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Application of titanium and its alloy in biomedicine
Hello, we meet again at the end of 2018! If you read the articles I posted in the last few weeks, you should already know about many applications of titanium and its alloy. These are just parts of the applications of titanium alloy. And today, let's talk about the application of titanium and its alloys in biomedicine.
Titanium alloy has high strength, low density, non-toxicity, good biocompatibility and corrosion resistance. It is an ideal medical metal material and can be used as an implant for human body. Titanium alloy has been widely used in the medical field and has become the material of choice for medical products such as artificial joints, bone trauma, spinal orthopedic internal fixation systems, dental implants, artificial heart valves, interventional cardiovascular stents, and surgical instruments.
Among the metal materials used for hard tissue repair in human body, the elastic modulus of titanium (about 80-110 GPa) is closest to human tissue, which can reduce the mechanical incompatibility between metal implants and bone tissue. Recently, the research and application of titanium alloys in biomedicine has been on the rise, especially in dental and orthopedics. At present, Ti-6Al-4V ELI alloy is still widely used in biomedical alloys at home and abroad, but the performance of β-type titanium alloy is more attractive and it is expected to replace Ti-6Al-4V ELI alloy.
In view of the excellent use of titanium alloys in the medical field, people are paying more and more attention to them. With the continuous development of the medical industry, titanium, as the best known metal material for biological performance, will continue to expand its market demand in the medical field and have broad application prospects.
Today we briefly introduce the application of titanium alloy in biomedicine. And of course, it is just one part of the many applications of titanium and its alloys. Please pay attention to our website for subsequent updates.
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Titanium: A Perfect Material For Optical Coating
Titanium is an important metal element that reacts with oxygen to form a variety of oxides - TiO, TiO2, Ti2O3, and Ti3O5. All of the above oxides can be evaporated and subsequently oxidized to the final stable phase TiO2. Titanium dioxide thin films are widely used as durable protective coatings in multilayer structures of laser mirrors, beam splitters, cold mirrors
It is known to us that the refractive index is one of the basic properties of optical materials, and it is closely related to the electron polarizability of ions and the local field within the material. The evaluation of the refractive index of optical materials is important, especially for applications in integrated optics such as switches, filters
The optical application of TiO2 film is not only due to the excellent optical properties that it maintains high thermal stability, chemical stability
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) films are widely used as high refractive index thin film materials in the visible light region. It is a perfect combination with SiO2, which is commonly used as a low refractive index thin film material to produce a thin film multilayer dielectric coating composed of alternating layers of a high refractive index material and a low refractive index material. The carbon dioxide film is usually obtained by sputtering or vacuum evaporation, and the materials used in the two processes are referred to as a titanium dioxide sputtering target and titanium dioxide evaporation pellets, respectively. Several parameters (raw material purity, vacuum tightness, reaction time, etc.) should be carefully controlled during the deposition process to prepare a high-quality TiO2 film.
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Application of titanium alloy in automotive industry
Last week we talked about the application of titanium in marine industry. In fact, titanium alloy has many other applications in other fields. Today we will talk about the application of titanium alloy in automotive industry.
The automotive industry is a market with huge potential for titanium products. However, it has been developed slowly over the years mainly because the price of titanium alloy products is too high. In recent years, with the improvement and development of titanium alloy technology, the production cost of many titanium products has been decreasing year by year. At the same time, the demand for luxury cars, sports cars and racing cars is increasing in the current automotive market. Thus, it is expected that the demand of titanium will start to boost.
Titanium is a material with excellent properties such as light weight, high strength, good corrosion resistance, wide temperature adaptation range and high elasticity. It can be used in automobiles to reduce weight, save energy, absorb shock, reduce noise, reduce pollution, extend life, and improve the safety and comfort of a car, and is an ideal material for achieving lightweight vehicles. As early as more than 20 years ago, the racing engine used titanium valves and connecting rods to reduce weight, thereby reducing torque and power output, and improving the performance of component deflection. At the same time, the addition of Silicon to titanium improves the oxidation resistance and creep resistance, and the strength is higher than that of the conventional alloy at about 500 °C.
Titanium and its alloys can be used as engine valves, housings, valve springs, connecting rods and half shafts, bolts, fasteners, suspension springs and exhaust system components. The use of titanium in cars can save fuel, reduce engine noise and vibration, and improve life.
At present, the combination of new low-cost raw materials, alloy system development and design and advanced powder metallurgy forming technology is expected to enable titanium to enter the automobile manufacturing industry as soon as possible.
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