Products & Solutions by Metal

Gold plays an indispensable role in a wide range of industries due to its unique properties such as high malleability, corrosion resistance, and excellent electrical conductivity. It has a long history of use, from ancient times in jewelry-making to modern applications in advanced technology. Whether as a key material in high-tech industries, a luxurious decorative element, or an investment, gold remains highly valued across the globe.

Its special characteristics - high malleability, ductility, and electrical conductivity - give silver a unique significance in the periodic table of elements. The most significant end-use for silver in terms of quantity is industrial applications. As a global leader in the precious metals industry, Heraeus utilizes silver and silver alloys in a variety of products and applications.

Platinum is rarer than gold, and compared to gold, only small quantities are mined each year due to its scarcity. Alongside palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium, platinum is one of the six platinum group metals. Due to its unique chemical properties and range of uses, platinum is highly sought after.

As one of the leading companies in the precious metals industry, Heraeus processes palladium and palladium alloys in a wide range of products and diverse applications.

Iridium is much rarer than gold or platinum and is currently one of the most expensive metals. As one of the leading companies in the global precious metals industry, Heraeus utilizes iridium and iridium alloys in a wide range of products and applications.

Due to its rarity in nature and wide range of applications, it is one of the most expensive metals. As one of the leading companies in the precious metals industry, Heraeus processes rhodium and rhodium alloys in various products and applications.

Ruthenium (Ru) is one of the platinum-group metals (PGMs). It is a shiny, hard, silvery-grey and polyvalent element with a very high melting point. The metal generally occurs in orebodies along with the other PGMs and is widely used in industrial applications, particularly in electrical end-uses, as a chemical catalyst and in electrochemical processes.

Heraeus offers osmium compounds as solids and solutions in small quantities for research projects as well as in large quantities for industrial applications.

Limited resources make rhenium one of the rarest metals in the Earth's crust. Only certain ores contain traces of rhenium and its extraction takes place exclusively as a by-product of the processing of these ores. This makes it vitally important to recover this rare element by recycling used materials containing rhenium. Consistent quality and purity call for a high degree of expertise when it comes to the recovery of precious metals.