Cerium Oxide Powder – Major Application Areas

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Nanoparticles use in various fields in gaining much attention due to advance research in this field. The main reason for their growing popularity is the unique properties like increased toughness, harness, electrical conductivity, strength in alloys and metals, formability of the ceramics and much more.

Among all the new discovered nano powders,. cerium oxide is quite poplar. When the F block element cerium combines with the Period 6 oxygenatom, they make a strong compound which is known as cerium oxide.

Cerium oxide is naturally found in many minerals like monazite, synchysite, hydroxylbastnasite, allanite, bastnasite, rhabdophane, and zircon. This is one of the rare earth compounds.

Now, researchers have used modern technology to make cerium nanopowders which has various appearances ranging from brown to yellow. They are graded differently according to the appearance and colour.

Application of Cerium oxide powder in various industries

Most of the suppliers of Cerium oxide powder sell it as it is quite useful in the abrasive industry. It has found application in polishing semiconductors materials like GaAs, Silicon, and Sapphire etc. The abrasive properties help in making the surface plane and thus the glassy items are used in various photonic applications. Cerium oxide is also used in the automotive industry in catalytic converters.

Cerium oxide powder is designed depending on various needs and applications. The customers’ demands for different diameter of mean particles which are available with the suppliers. It is also available in other forms like aqueous pH dispersion, organic liquid and powder. Customised forms can be available with the supplier on request.