Rare earth oxides (high purity, particulate, spherical particles, etc.) and rare earth compounds (chloride, nitrate, solution, etc.)

Rare earth is a generic name for 17 elements. Its applications range from phosphor applications, various ceramic sintering aids, plasma-resistant coating materials, scintillators for medical purposes, fuel cells, and catalysts. Shin-Etsu Chemical’s Rare Earth Products (Shin-Etsu Rare Earth) offer a lineup tailored to customer needs through advanced separation and purification technologies and a variety of particle design technologies cultivated over many years of research, and contribute to the improvement of performance. Please contact us for some of the complex oxides and other compounds as well as single oxides. Shin-Etsu Rare Earth will continue to support this high-tech field.

Series Name

  • BB type (large surface area particles), UU type (spherical ultrafine particles), RU type (fine particles), QU type (spherical large particles)

Applications

  • High-color rendering three-wavelength fluorescent lamp
  • Plasma-resistant coating materials for semiconductor manufacturing equipment
  • Sintering aids and additives for fine ceramics (capacitors, silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, oxygen sensors, etc.)
  • Y-Al garnet (YAG) laser
  • Scintillator
  • Fuels cells
  • Automotive exhaust catalyst
  • Glass additives and colorants
For Inquiries About This Product
  • Company:
    Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
  • Department:
    Electronics Materials Division, Magnet Dept. Rare-Earth Group
  • Phone:
    +81-3-6812-2421