AUTOMOTIVE

Spark Plugs

• Platinum alloy wire

Initiator Wires

• Base metal and precious metal

Base Metal and Ribbon electroplate per MIL-G-45204

DEPOSITION AND SPUTTERING APPLICATIONS

Sputtering targets

• Gold, Platinum

Evaporation slugs

• Precious metals group to weight tolerance

FUSES

Element wire

• 18% Nickel Silver
• Silver
• Nickel-Chromium
• Wollaston wire
• Dumet®: 50% Silver; 50% Copper (Registered trademark of Sylvania-OSRAM)

ELECTRO-EXPLOSIVE DEVICES

Bridgewire and Ribbon

• Iridium-Platinum per MIL-W-438
• Nickel-Chromium per ASTM B344 -92
• Electropolished Tungsten

JEWELRY INDUSTRY

Platinum
Platinum Alloys
Gold
Gold Alloys

These luxurious materials are available in the following forms: slugs, sheets, wire and rod.

MEDICAL

Leads

• Iridium-Platinum wire

Electrodes

• Iridium-Platinum wire, ribbon and sheet

Screw Machined Parts

• Rod, wire: Platinum alloy; Gold alloy

Guide Wires

• #479® Platinum, Nickel/Platinum

METERS

Taut Band

• 10% Nickel-Platinum ribbon and wire

POTENTIOMETERS

High Resistance

• Alloys 479®, 851®
• LTC®: bare and enameled

Low Resistance

• LR 80® bare and enameled

SEMI-CONDUCTOR DEVICES

Wire

• 1% Silicon-Aluminum for ultrasonic bonding
• Stabilized Gold for thermocompression, thermosonic and ultrasonic bonding per ASTM F72-93

Ribbon

• Pure Gold, Gold alloys for microwave application
• Precious metal and base metal for connector and taut band

TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND SENSING

Thermocouples

• Platinum/Rhodium Platinum wire
• NBS 561/IPTS - 48
• ASTM E230-72/IPTS - 68
• ASTM E230-93/ITS - 90
• Iron-Gold/Chromel P® wire, cryogenic range (Registered trademark of Hoskins Mfg. Co.)
• Gold/Platinum Wire

Thermistors

• Iridium-Platinum and Rhodium-Platinum wire

Resistance Temperature Detectors

• Reference Grade Platinum wire
• Pt 385® resistance wire per DIN 43760
• Leadwires

Platinum Resistance Thermometer Wire

• Available in various ranges of TCR
• .003926 ohm/ohm^oC (Reference Grade)
• .003850 ohm/ohm^oC (Pt 385®) per DIN 43760
• Custom TCRs are available

XEROGRAPHY

Corona Wire

• Corrosion resistant Platinum alloy wire, fabricated to less than .004"
• Provides cleaner, clearer images over the entire copy face
• Allows for better ionization than tungsten or base metal wires
• Eliminates the problems of porosity that may be inherent in electroplated or clad wires