Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- CAS No.
- 7440-21-2
- Technologies
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Applicable Processes
- Applications
Aluminum alloys silicones, refractory materials, solar panels and semiconductors.
- Properties and Applications
- aluminum alloyant (e g high-strength aluminum alloys for the automotive industry)
- manufacture of siloxanes and silicones
- primary input material in the manufacture of photovoltaic modules
- production of electronic grade silicon
- production of synthetic amorphous silica
- other industrial applications
Properties
- Odor
- Odourless
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Purity (weight %) | min. 98.5 | % | — |
| Structure | Crystalline | — | — |
| Form | Lump material | — | — |
| Melting Point | approx. 1410 | °C | — |
| Boiling Point | approx. 2355 | °C | — |
| Solubility in water | Insoluble/slightly soluble | — | — |
| Specific Gravity (water =1) | approx. 2.3 | — | — |