Basic Information of Magnesium Fluoride
- Product Name: Magnesium Fluoride
- Other Names of Magnesium Fluoride: Magnesium Difluoride
- Chemical Formula of Magnesium Fluoride: MgF₂
- Molecular Weight of Magnesium Fluoride: 62.30
- Molar Mass of Magnesium Fluoride: 62.301 g/mol
- CAS Number of Magnesium Fluoride: 7783-40-6
- EINECS Number of Magnesium Fluoride: 231-995-1
- Mineral Name of Magnesium Fluoride: Fluoromacite (Naturally Occurring Form)
What is Magnesium Fluoride?
- Pure Magnesium Fluorideis a colorless, transparent crystal or white powder. However, a unique characteristic of Magnesium Fluoride is that it exhibits purple fluorescence under light and a weak purple fluorescence when heated under electro-optical light, serving as an auxiliary means of material identification.
- Magnesium Fluoridecrystals possess a rutile lattice, a structure that gives it polarization properties and good physicochemical stability.
- Highassay is a Magnesium Fluorideraw material supplier from China. We offer various grades of Magnesium Fluoride raw materials, with our flagship product being optical-grade Magnesium Fluoride. MSDS and TDS are provided with ourMagnesium Fluoride
Why choose Highassay's Magnesium Fluoride?
- Industrial Grade Magnesium Fluoride: Main content ≥98%, suitable for general industrial applications.
- Reagent Grade Magnesium Fluoride: Main content ≥99% or higher, suitable for precision analysis and general optical applications.
- High-Purity Magnesium Fluoride: Main content ≥99.8%, mainly used for high-end optical coating, scientific research, etc.
- Optical Grade Magnesium Fluoride: Strictly conforms to GB/T 31860-2015 standard, optimized for optical coating processes.
Highassay is a high purity MgF2 supplier and can also provide customized Magnesium Fluoride raw materials. Whether it’s requirements for Magnesium Fluoride particle size, main content, metallic impurities, or non-metallic impurities, magnetic foreign matter, etc., we will try our best to meet your needs.
Highassay's Magnesium Fluoride Product Packaging
- Research-grade Magnesium Fluoride Small Packaging: 25g, 100g, 500g.
- Industrial-grade Magnesium Fluoride Large Packaging: 1kg, 2.5kg, 25kg, 50kg.
- Magnesium Fluoride packaging typically uses an inner polyethylene plastic bag, with an outer woven bag or cardboard drum, or can be customized according to customer requirements.
- Shelf life of Magnesium Fluoride: Under proper storage conditions, it can last 2-3 years.
- Storage of Magnesium Fluoride: Store in a sealed container (preferably with inert gas protection), in a cool, dry, and well-ventilated place. Do not store or transport with calcium carbonate, oxidants, or other chemicals to prevent reactions or contamination.
Highassay's Magnesium Fluoride
Highassay provides general-purpose and optical-grade Magnesium Fluoride raw materials. For inquiries, please click the link below to contact us.
- Industrial-grade Magnesium Fluoride is a basic industrial raw material with a core purity of approximately 98%. Major impurities only need to be controlled within a certain range. It is primarily a white powder.
- Industrial-grade Magnesium Fluoride can be used as a flux in ceramics, glass, and metallurgy; as an additive in fluorescent materials and electrolytic aluminum; and is a general chemical raw material.
- Our industrial-grade Magnesium Fluoride has stable physicochemical properties, strong versatility, and large-volume supply capacity (supporting 7-15 day fast delivery). It has a cost advantage, making it your optimal choice for cooperation.
- If you are a purchasing agent for a ceramics factory, glass factory, metallurgical plant, or chemical plant and have a need for general-purpose Magnesium Fluoride raw materials, please contact me as soon as possible.
- Optical grade Magnesium Fluoride is an optical functional material with a core purity of 99.9% or higher. Strict control of metallic impurity content (such as Na, K, Ca, Al, Cu, and heavy metals) is required, and its appearance varies (granular, broken crystals, etc.).
- Optical grade Magnesium Fluoride can be used in high-end optical fields, such as optical coatings (anti-reflective/anti-reflective coatings), infrared windows, laser components, lithography machine lenses, and space telescopes.
- Our optical grade Magnesium Fluoride raw materials have high purity (e.g., Na ≤ 002%), mature production processes (granular magnesium fluoride reduces splashing during coating, improving coating uniformity), excellent performance, and products conform to GB/T 31860-2015 standard.
- If you are a technical engineer in an optical coating plant, a supply chain member in a lithography machine manufacturer, a research and development personnel in aerospace optical components, or a laboratory in a research institute, and require optical grade Magnesium Fluoride raw materials, please contact me.
Magnesium Fluoride is a typical ionic compound in terms of chemical bonding type, but it also exhibits a degree of covalent bonding.
The predominantly ionic structure of Magnesium Fluoride is the main reason for its significant position in the field of optics.
Magnesium Fluoride is an ionic compound with high hardness and mechanical strength; it also has good light transmittance and a low infrared cutoff wavelength.
Optical Coating Materials: Coating the surface of optical lenses in cameras, telescopes, microscopes, etc., with a thin film of magnesium fluoride can significantly reduce light reflection. As a low-refractive-index coating material, it is beneficial for improving the imaging quality of lenses and optical instruments.
Precision Optical Components: Magnesium Fluoride not only has an extremely wide light transmission range but also excellent physicochemical properties. Optical components made from magnesium fluoride can simultaneously meet the application requirements of multiple wavelengths and can maintain stable performance over long periods in harsh environments.
Magnesium fluoride infrared windows, magnesium fluoride ultraviolet lenses, magnesium fluoride laser components, magnesium fluoride lithography machine lens materials, magnesium fluoride polarizing prisms, magnesium fluoride space telescope optical materials, etc.
Magnesium Fluoride is used as an additive in electrolytic aluminum production, a ceramic flux, a glass opacifier, a fluorescent material, and a welding flux.
Magnesium Fluoride hot-pressed crystal is a high-density polycrystalline material made from magnesium fluoride powder through a hot-pressing process under high temperature and pressure. It possesses extremely high hardness and heat resistance, making it an ideal material for high-end applications such as infrared windows and missile fairings.
Physicochemical Properties of Magnesium Fluoride
- Magnesium Fluoride Appearance: It is a colorless tetragonal crystal or powder with a rutile crystal lattice. Odorless.
- Melting and boiling points of Magnesium Fluoride: 1248℃ and 2260℃ (the high melting and boiling points of magnesium fluoride give it extremely high thermal stability).
- Density of Magnesium Fluoride: approximately 3.15 g/cm³
- Hardness of Magnesium Fluoride: 5.5-6
- Lattice constants of Magnesium Fluoride: a = 4.62 Å; c = 3.05 Å (for reference only)
- Laser damage threshold of Magnesium Fluoride: approximately 100 W/cm² (continuous wave, 1064 nm, thermal stress damage threshold)
- Toxicity of Magnesium Fluoride: Magnesium fluoride is a toxic and irritating substance; take precautions during handling or contact.
- Solubility of Magnesium Fluoride: Almost insoluble in alcohols and acetone; very slightly soluble in water; slightly soluble in dilute acids; sensitive to humidity and has some deliquescent properties.
- Optical properties of Magnesium Fluoride: Magnesium fluoride has excellent optical transmittance, especially for ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) spectra. Magnesium fluoride possesses these optical properties due to its low refractive index (approximately 1.38), which is why it is an ideal low-refractive-index material for optical coatings.
