Article | REF: M2375 V1

Extractive antimony metallurgy

Authors: Pierre BLAZY, Virginie HERMANT

Publication date: March 10, 2015

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


Français

7. Uses

Antimony's main uses are in fireproofing and the manufacture of lead- and tin-based alloys, the former being used in particular for battery plates in motor vehicles. Antimony is also used in the chemical, glass, ceramic and paint industries, as well as in medicine and pharmaceuticals. More marginally, it is used as a lubricant for brake pads and in the manufacture of semiconductors (InSb and GaSb).

7.1 Flame retardants

Various antimony compounds, notably the trioxide, are used as flame retardants in flame-retardant fillers incorporated into combustible materials such as plastics, elastomers, textiles, synthetic rubbers, paints or adhesives. These materials are used in the insulating sheathing of electrical wires or cables (power networks, electrical or electronic...

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Metal manufacturing processes and recycling

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
Uses