Market of high purity quartz innovative applications

The production and distribution of quartz sand for the simplest uses as filters and absorbents, foundry sand, fillers, or abrasives and finally the high-tech industry is first discussed. A special category of ultra-pure quartz is the high quality and high value of experimental glassware in synthetic and analytical chemistry. Information about other high tech products of ultrapure, high added value quartz, particularly optical fibers, silicon manufactured for use in electronics industry and photovoltaic cells is presented next. The mineralogy and natural quartz sources as raw material in industry is described pointing out the alternative uses by the natural and industrial attendant and competitor of quartz, feldspars. With reference to the above basic data of the Greek and international raw quartz production we introduce an ultra-pure quartz production network able to produce finished high-tech products. Useful economic conditions and market design is further developed by discussing economic demands. supply and product quality. We collect primary information, possible sources and relevant representative methods of the industries concerned with ultra-pure quartz leading edge industry. Important companies of ultra-pure quartz and secondary manufacture marketing are listed according to their products of house ware, electronics, optical fibers, efficient solar cells, specific technology of thin films, and integrated circuits for the computer industry. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.