High Purity Metals

5N Plus manufactures indium antimonide (InSb) wafers which are used to produce high-sensitivity infrared detectors, including thermal imaging cameras. 

Typically a by-product of lead and copper, 5N Plus is the world's leading supplier of bismuth and bismuth chemicals used in pharmaceutical, electronic and industrial applications.

Cadmium is used in CdTe and CdS for solar applications and in CdZnTe for nuclear radiation detectors (X-ray, gamma ray). Present in most zinc ores, cadmium is obtained as a by-product of zinc refining.

Extracted from zinc ores, 5N Plus produces indium in pure metal, chemical and low melting point alloy forms for use in electronics, solar cells and optics.

Extracted primarily from residues produced by copper and lead refining, high-purity tellurium is an essential component in the manufacturing of CdTe solar cells and thermoelectric devices.

5N Plus produce a variety of tin compounds for use in solar applications doping and alloys in radiation shielding.

High-purity zinc sold by 5N Plus is used to synthesize certain semiconductors such as CdZnTe, a preferred material for infrared substrates and nuclear radiation detectors.