{"id":1055,"date":"2019-08-22T16:34:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T14:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/?page_id=1055"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:47:05","slug":"transparent-translucent-ceramics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/transparent-translucent-ceramics\/","title":{"rendered":"Transparent &#038; Translucent Ceramics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Processability of Baikowski\u00ae oxide powders &amp; slurries<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3554 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Baikowski\u00ae-products-2018_\u00a9utopikphoto-21-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Polished and unpolished sapphire for watch made with high purity alumina\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>We provide high purity alumina 8aluminium oxide), YAG and spinel solutions (powders, including sray-dried and slurries) for transparent &amp; translucent ceramics. Indeed, our products \u00a0adapt easily to the customer process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hot Pressing &amp; HIP (Hot Isostatic Pressing)<\/li>\n<li>Extrusion<\/li>\n<li>Injection Molding<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ceramic-3D-printing-solutions-white-paper.pdf\">3D printing<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are transparent &amp; translucent ceramics?<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3514 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Baikowski\u00ae-products-2018_\u00a9utopikphoto-11-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"YAG transparent ceramic piece\" width=\"87\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Baikowski\u00ae-products-2018_\u00a9utopikphoto-11-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Baikowski\u00ae-products-2018_\u00a9utopikphoto-11-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Baikowski\u00ae-products-2018_\u00a9utopikphoto-11-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Baikowski\u00ae-products-2018_\u00a9utopikphoto-11.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 87px) 100vw, 87px\" \/>Transparent ceramics\u00a0<\/span>are polycrystalline non-birefringent materials such as<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/advanced-high-purity-spinel-materials-for-high-tech-applications\/\"> spinel <\/a>or YAG<\/strong>. Besides, transparency is also achievable by monocrystalline birefringent materials such as sapphire.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"large\">Translucent ceramics<\/span> are polycrystalline birefringent aluminas, meaning that there are several diffraction angles for a same wavelength. Translucent ceramics are mostly made of alpha alumina, such as <strong>CR or TCPLS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><a class=\"bouton-bleu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/application\/transparent-ceramics\/\">View related powders &amp; slurries<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Properties of transparent &amp; translucent ceramics<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1729 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shutterstock_66033553.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shutterstock_66033553.jpg 2922w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shutterstock_66033553-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shutterstock_66033553-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/shutterstock_66033553-1024x655.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>Those ceramics have remarkable properties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/optics-photonics\/\"><strong>Optical functions<\/strong><\/a>: transparent ceramics have excellent transmission properties. As for translucent ceramics, they have efficient diffusion properties. <strong>Baikowski\u00ae has been optimizing its powders for optical functions<\/strong> in the final ceramics. Indeed, we control the purity, formulation for sintering process, and the size of particles.Thus, it<strong> ensures the highest density ceramic parts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mechanical strength and hardness: Spinel parts can be used in Armor windows often include spinel parts. <strong>Our spinel products have a constant crystallographic composition with low sulfur content and low metallic impurities<\/strong>. It ensures the best transparency and mechanical properties for your ceramic parts.<\/li>\n<li>Thermal resistance: those ceramics are stable even at temperatures up to 1,600\u00b0C. In comparison, glass is already reacting at 550\u00b0C.<\/li>\n<li>Chemical stability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those properties are strengthened by Baikowski\u2019s control of particle size &amp; size distribution in the delivered products. Moreover, we can <strong>dope our products on request<\/strong> in order to add intended properties for your final ceramic parts or to adapt to your procees, <strong>l<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/transparent-ceramics-innovation-3d-printing-with-baikalox-alumina-mgo-doping\/\">ike MgO for 3D printing<\/a>.<\/strong><br \/>\nThus seeing the upper properties, those ceramics are used for transparent or translucent applications in extreme conditions.<\/p>\n<h2>Applications of transparent &amp; translucent ceramics<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5659 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Inorganic-detectors-white-paper-cover1-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"Inorganic detectors: 4N submicron aluminate powders &amp; doping solutions\" width=\"250\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Inorganic-detectors-white-paper-cover1-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Inorganic-detectors-white-paper-cover1-741x1024.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Inorganic-detectors-white-paper-cover1-768x1061.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Inorganic-detectors-white-paper-cover1-1112x1536.jpg 1112w, https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Inorganic-detectors-white-paper-cover1.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Translucent ceramics appear in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/en\/conventional-lighting-page\/\">PCA ceramics for high pressure sodium lamps<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Heat dissipation ceramics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Transparent ceramics are applicable for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Armor windows<\/li>\n<li>Infrared windows<\/li>\n<li>YAG fibers for laser applications<\/li>\n<li>Lasers for wavelength conversion properties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eager to learn more about detection systems?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"bouton-bleu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baikowski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Inorganic-detectors-white-paper-2023.pdf\">Download our aluminate solutions for inorganic detectors White Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Processability of Baikowski\u00ae oxide powders &amp; slurries We provide high purity alumina 8aluminium oxide), YAG and spinel solutions (powders, including sray-dried and slurries) for transparent &amp; translucent ceramics. Indeed, our products \u00a0adapt easily to the customer process: Hot Pressing &amp; HIP (Hot Isostatic Pressing) Extrusion Injection Molding 3D printing What are transparent &amp; translucent ceramics? 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