| 
Aluminum Flakes
Transmet’s aluminium flakes are rapidly solidified in Transmet’s proprietary melt spinning process. The flakes are very uniform in size and shape. Transmet’s flakes have a high surface area to mass ratio making flakes a safer alternative to working with explosive powders. Our standard flake is 99.93% pure aluminium as cast. We also produce 99.99% purity and other aluminium alloys upon request.
Transmet’s standard K-102 aluminum flake will contain about 7,000,000 flakes per pound. Each flake will be about the same thickness as a sheet of thin aluminum foil.
To see a video of our Melt Spinning process in action, please click here.
Transmet has produced over 50,000,000-lbs of rapidly solidified products in our history. Our know-how and expertise is unmatched in the world.
Past applications for aluminum flake include:
- Feedstock for chemical reactions
- Fuel cells and batteries
- Exothermic applications
- Binder agent for master alloy briquetting
- Drain cleaners
- Thermal and electrical conductivity enhancement in plastics
- Granular alternative for highly reflective roofing applications
Details on how aluminum flakes can benefit chemical reactions can be found in the article Shape Makes a Difference.
For more information about our flakes in high reflective roofing applications you may visit the Aluminum Associations article or the U.S. Department of Energy article or our Highly Reflective Roof Coating page.
| ALUMINUM FLAKE SPECIFICATIONS | |||||||
|
Product
Name |
Basic Shape
|
Length
(in./mm) |
Width
(in./mm) |
Thickness (in./microns) |
Bulk Density (lbs./ft.) (gr./cm.) |
Repose Angle (degrees) | Standard Package Size (lbs./Kg) |
|
K-101 |
Rectangular |
0.02/.6 | .04/1.0 |
.001/25 |
20/0.32 | 44 | 20/9.1 |
|
K-102 |
Square |
0.04/1.0 | .04/1.0 | .001/25 | 20/0.32 | 44 | 25/11.34 |
|
K-105 |
Mixed | -60 Mesh | 66/1.07 | N/A | 50/22.68 | ||
|
K-107 |
Flat Fiber | 0.08/2.0 | .02/.5 | .001/25 | 12/0.19 | 52 | 20/9.1 |
|
K-109 |
Flake | 0.02/.6 | .02/.6 | .001/25 | 29/0.47 | 43 | 25/11.34 |
Notes:
- Data based on standard alloy of 99% aluminum or purer
- All products made by direct metal forming rapid solidification processes
- All dimensions are average sizes
SPECIAL SHAPES, ALLOYS OR METALS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST, INCLUDING ZINC, BRONZE, COPPER AND TIN.
Please see our development page for more details...
For frequently asked questions regarding aluminum flakes, please click here.
If you need to contact us, please
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
or Call (614) 276-5522.