Beryllium Oxide Ceramics
Materion Ceramics is a full-service advanced Beryllium Oxide (BeO) ceramics (Beryllia) manufacturer. We are the global leader in engineering and manufacturing beryllium oxide ceramics that enable our customers to achieve superior levels of product strength, reliability, miniaturization, weight savings and thermal management capabilities.
Fully Integrated from Mine to Mill
Materion is the world’s only fully integrated developer and supplier of engineered beryllium ceramic materials, from mining to R&D to full production. We manufacture beryllium oxide ceramic products at our Tucson, Arizona manufacturing facility which are distributed globally.
Materion’s Beryllium Oxide Ceramic Products
Our products are available in various ceramic forms and are specifically engineered for thermal conductivity properties in the following products:
| Material |
Purity |
Thermal Conductivity (W/mK) |
| BW1000(TM) |
99.9% |
275 |
| BW3250(TM) |
Min 99.5% |
325 |
| Thermalox(TM) 995 |
Min 99.5% |
285 |
| Thermalox(TM) 999 |
99.9% |
250 |
The Materion Advantage
Materion Ceramics' beryllium oxide (BeO) ceramic materials are in high demand due to their superior performance at high temperatures along with a thermal conductivity second only to diamond among insulating materials.
Materion’s Beryllium Oxide ceramics (Beryllia) offer solutions to any component that must provide high thermal conductivity in conjunction with electrical resistivity. Building on our unique combination of materials forming, firing and fabrication technologies, we are rapidly expanding our product portfolio to provide the next generation of beryllia ceramic materials.
Typical Beryllium Oxide Ceramics Advantages
Materion’s BeO Ceramic Materials are ideal in thermal management applications when the following design considerations are critical:
- The physical size of the device or the enclosure is reduced.
- The device is exposed to high ambient temperatures
- Airflow or liquid cooling is not practical or prohibitively expensive
- Ideal materials for heat sinks in electronic circuits
- Ideal crucible material for melting and sintering operations providing superior performance at very high temperatures.
Typical Beryllium Oxide Ceramics Applications
Medical:
- Blood glucose meters for diabetics
- Gas lasers for DNA and tissue analysis
- Con-focal and wide-field florescence microscopy equipment
- Portable defibrillators
- Telecom Infrastructure
- Transistors and terminations in wireless system
Lasers
- High end laser diodes for commercial systems
- Industrial laser metal cutting and marking equipment
- Long range fiber optic transmission
Semiconductor handling equipment
- End-effectors and arm components
- Wafer chucks
- Crucibles for high temperature melting
Energy
- Oil and gas exploration
- In-situ X-ray analysis for down-hole drilling
- Concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems
- Optoelectronics
- Transmitters, receivers, modulators and switches
- Power amplifiers and drivers
Military and Aerospace
- Radar modules
- Guidance modules
- Microwave and millimeter-wave communications modules
Wireless Communications
- Point-to-point and point-to-multi point radios
- Satellite communication modules