Elkem Silicon Materials
Products & markets
Fibre cement additive
GroutAid®
Gypsum board additive
High performance concrete
Materials for refractories
Elkem produces a wide range of silicon qualities for the ceramic industry and we continuously work to developed a product range with both beneficial particle size distributions and chemistry for our ceramic customers.
Oilfield solutions
Polymer additives
Silicon for aluminium alloys
Silicon for aluminium brazing
Silicon for batteries
To support the upcoming market of silicon-based batteries, Elkem has utilised its vast experience in producing specialised silicon to develop tailored materials for final use as anodes of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. These are collected in our portfolio of Silgrain® e-Si products.
Silicon for ceramics
Elkem produces a wide range of silicon qualities for the ceramic industry and we continuously work to fulfill our ceramic customers’ needs. Over the years we have developed a product range with both beneficial particle size distributions and chemistry for our ceramic customers.
Silicon for other applications
Elkem offers silicon for use in a set of other specialized applications and our silicon is customized to provide the best possible performance for our customers.
Silicon for plasma spraying
Elkem has been producing industrial volumes of high purity silicon for plasma spraying processes since 2007. Plasma spraying are used both for production of sputtering targets and direct surface coating. Our silicon is produced with both a well-defined bottom cut and top cut to give maximum yield in the plasma spraying process.