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Aluminum, or Aluminium, is a silvery-white, soft, non-magnetic and ductile metal in the boron group. By mass, aluminum makes up about 8% of the Earth’s crust; it is the third most abundant element after oxygen and silicon and the most abundant metal in the crust, though it is less common in the mantle below. The chief ore of aluminum is bauxite. Aluminum metal is highly reactive, such that native specimens are rare and limited to extreme reducing environments. Instead, it is found combined in over 270 different minerals. When evaporated in a vacuum, aluminum layers form a reflective coating found on telescopes, automotive headlamps, mirrors, packages, and toys. It is widely used in the aerospace, automotive lighting, OLED, and optical industries.

Antimony  is a lustrous gray metalloid, it is found in nature mainly as the sulfide mineral stibnite (Sb2S3). Antimony compounds have been known since ancient times and were powdered for use as medicine and cosmetics, often known by the Arabic name, kohl.[4] Metallic antimony was also known, but it was erroneously identified as lead upon its discovery. The earliest known description of the metal in the West was written in 1540 by Vannoccio Biringuccio. The industrial methods for refining antimony are roasting and reduction with carbon or direct reduction of stibnite with iron.

High purity evaporation materials play a huge role in deposition processes to ensure high quality deposited film. Stanford Advanced Materials (SAM) specializes in producing up to 99.9995% purity aluminum evaporation materials using quality assurance processes to guarantee product reliability.

A treasured metallic is extraordinary, evidently taking place metallic chemical detail of excessive economic cost. Chemically, the treasured metals have a tendency to be much less reactive than most elements (see noble metal). they may be commonly ductile and have a high luster. historically, precious metals had been vital as forex however at the moment are seemed mainly as investment and business commodities. Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium each have an ISO 4217 forex code.

A treasured metallic is extraordinary, evidently taking place metallic chemical detail of excessive economic cost. Chemically, the treasured metals have a tendency to be much less reactive than most elements (see noble metal). they may be commonly ductile and have a high luster. historically, precious metals had been vital as forex however at the moment are seemed mainly as investment and business commodities. Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium each have an ISO 4217 forex code.

Machined from oxygen-free, high-conductivity copper. For regular, circular disc-type sputtering sources.  Most sputter sources accept a 0.125″ (1/8″) thick target bonded to a 0.125″ thick backing plate. For targets of other thicknesses, choose the backing plate thickness to adjust the total thickness to 0.250″ (1/4″) to suit most applications.