Accelerator components made of FRIALIT-DEGUSSIT Oxide Ceramics

Components for particle accelerators made of high-performance ceramics

Vacuum chambers made of FRIALIT-DEGUSSIT Oxide Ceramics are used in accelerator units. In contrast to metallic parts, ceramic components avoid shielding of the rapidly changing external magnetic fields. Ceramic material is not heated by eddy currents. The additional coating on the inner surfaces of the ceramic chambers, e.g. Ti or TiN, ensures the reliable discharge of image current and prevents the emission of secondary electrons. Technical Ceramics also displays outstanding properties of electrical insulation. The dielectric strength of the material lies at >30 kV/mm.

FRIALIT-DEGUSSIT Oxide Ceramics are used in a number of renowned German institutes. These include the German Electron-Synchrotron (DESY) based in Hamburg and Zeuthen, the Jülich Research Centre (FZJ), the Helmholtz Centre for Heavy-Ion Research (GSI) in Darmstadt and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Also at international level, accelerator technology relies on FRIALIT-DEGUSSIT Oxide Ceramics: the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research in Switzerland, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, and the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP) at Novosibirsk in Russia.

Hochspannungsbeschleuniger High-voltage accelerator
Material: Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) FRIALIT F99.7
Kickerkammer Kicker chamber
Material: Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) FRIALIT F99.7
UHV-Vakuumkammer UHV vacuum chamber
Material: Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) FRIALIT F99.7
UHV-Vakuumkammer_1 UHV vacuum chamber
Material: Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3) FRIALIT F99.7, Inner coating: Titanium