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Sapphire Tubes

sapphire tubes

Sapphire tubes stand out as exceptional high-pressure vessels and conduits in numerous high-pressure systems. With their ability to withstand extreme pressures, they provide a secure means for observing and spectrally analyzing fluids and gases.

Why Do Sapphire Tubes Offer Exceptional Performance?

In extreme environments, sapphire tubes act as robust protective enclosures for sensitive sensors, effectively shielding them from high pressure and mechanical stress.

Even under the most demanding conditions, sapphire tubes retain their structural integrity, maintaining their shape at temperatures up to 2000°C with minimal loss in mechanical strength. This outstanding thermal and mechanical stability makes them ideal for applications such as high-temperature combustion chambers, gas processing, and lamp construction.

Applications of Custom Sapphire Tubes

Thanks to their exceptional mechanical strength, sapphire tubes—particularly those with thick walls—offer superior protection for sensors or lasers, effectively shielding them from extreme pressure and mechanical stress. Their highly polished inner and outer surfaces enable precise light transmission and measurement, making them especially suitable for high-pressure systems and vacuum environments.

Sapphire tubes serve critical roles such as plasma containment, process gas injection, thermocouple protection, water treatment, and high-intensity lamp envelopes.

Sapphire tubes are widely used across various industries, including semiconductor processing, testing, analytics, and lamp manufacturing. In testing and analytical fields, they are commonly utilized for biological and chemical sample analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, thermo-optic temperature measurement, and inline petroleum processing analysis.

Various Configurations can be custom fabricated to customer requirements and specifications