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Antimony Sputtering Targets and Their Applications

Antimony (Sb) has an atomic number of 51, placing it in group 15 of the periodic table along with arsenic and bismuth. It has a shiny metallic lustre and is bluish-white. In general antimony’s chemical properties are very similar to those of arsenic, although it does not have the same reputation as a toxin. Within the earth’s crust its average natural abundance is between 0.2 and 0.5 parts per million.
Antimony has very well fire retardance property and so antimony sputtering targets can be used for fire retardant coatings.
Also for optoelectronic devices like LEDs, laser diodes, photodiodes and solar cells antimony sputtering targets can be used. Antimony can be used with other elements like tin to obtain alloys to use in these areas. You may find an article written about this subject below:
Antimony is increasingly being used in semiconductors as a dopant in n-type silicon wafers for diodes, infrared detectors, and Hall-effect devices.
Antimony and its compounds can be used as sputtering targets by combining with the other elements like indium. For example indium antimony oxide can be used as sputtering agent to obtain transparent conductive film. You may read the paper written about this application from the link given below:
You may see our complete antimony sputtering target product range below.
TypeSizeThicknessPurityLink
Antimony1'0.125''99.999%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-indium-insb-sputtering-targets-size-1-thickness-0-125-purity-99-999/
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Antimony Indium1'0.125''99.999%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-indium-insb-sputtering-targets-size-1-thickness-0-125-purity-99-999/
Antimony (Elastomer)2'0.125''99.999%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-...
Antimony2'0.125''99.999%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-sb-sputtering-targets-size-2-thickness-0-125-purity-99-999/
Antimony2'0.250''99.995%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-sb-sputtering-targets-size-2-thickness-0-250-purity-99995-00/
Antimony2'0.250''99.999%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-sb-sputtering-targets-size-2-thickness-0-250-purity-99995-00/
Antimony Indium2'0.125''99.999%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-indium-insb-sputtering-targets-size-2-thickness-0-125-purity-99-999/
Antimony3'0.125''99.999%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-sb-sputtering-targets-size-3-thickness-0-125-purity-99-999/
Antimony3'0.250''99.999%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-sb-sputtering-targets-size-3-thickness-0-250-purity-99-999/
Antimony Indium3'0.125''99.999%https://nanografi.com/sputtering-targets/antimony-indium-insb-sputtering-targets-size-3-thickness-0-125-purity-99-999/

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