Antimony is used in the electronics industry to make some semiconductor devices (Semiconductor Structures Having Antimony Doped Buried Layers and Methods (1969)), such as infrared detectors (Manufacture Of Infrared Ray Detector Of Indium Antimony (1981)), and diodes (Antimony-based heterostructure varactor diode with bandgap engineered quantum well electrodes (2004)).
A cadmium-lead-antimony alloy is used in batteries and cable sheathing (Cadmium antimony lead alloy for battery – plates and cable sheathing (1971)).
Antimony compounds are used to make …
- flame-retardant materials (Transparent flame retardant unsaturated polyester resins containing antimony trihalide (1968)),
- paints (Antimony tri:sulphide pigment prodn. – by adding alkali and then sulphur cpd. to soln. or suspension of antimony cpd., useful in paint and plastics (1980)),
- enamels (Improved heat-reflective enamels – contg. vehicle, pigment, extender, and solvent and thermal prod. of titanium di:oxide, nickel cpd., antimony tri:oxide and di:chromate (1981)), and
- glass (Antimony oxide glass (1959)).
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