GfE Coating Materials

Advanced Glass Industries is now the North American distributer of GfE Coating Materials
GfE is a leading manufacturer of highly refractive oxides for use in glasses, precision optics, and fiber
optics. Their main products include:

· Aluminum Oxide
· Cerium Oxide
· Chromium
· Hafnium
· Hafnium Oxide
· Hafnium Oxide / Aluminum Oxide
· Hafnium Oxide / Yttrium Oxide
· Magnesium Oxide
· Magnesium Fluoride / Chromium
· Niobium
· Niobium Oxide
· Praseodymium Oxide
· Praseodymium Oxide / Aluminum Oxide
· Praseodymium Oxide / Titanium oxide
· Silicon Oxide
· Silicon Oxide / Chromium
· Silicon Oxide / Molybdenum
· Tantalum Oxide
· Tantalum Oxide / Niobium Oxide
· Titanium Oxide (TIRU®)
· Yttrium Oxide
· Zirconium Oxide
· Zirconium Oxide / Titanium Oxide
· Zirconium Oxide / Yttrium Oxide

The purity, homogeneity, microstructure and density of the materials are adjusted to customer
requirements. Your optical coating materials will be tested in GfE accredited laboratories, using the
most modern technology to determine composition, characteristics, structure, and microstructure.

· Qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis
· Wet chemical analysis with AAS and ICP
· Nonmetals with automatic analytical systems
· Standard methods: RFA, ICP, Leco (C, N, H, O)
· Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) with WDX and EDX
· Scanning electron microscope (SEM) with EDX
· Materials testing and official materials reports
· Material dependability test