Kovar Material Suppliers
Kovar alloy is a nickel-iron-cobalt, controlled expansion alloy. It's expansion characteristics match both borosilicate (or Pyrex) glasses and alumina ceramics. This alone ensures it is a highly popular controlled expansion alloys for hermetic sealing applications (also known as Glass to Metals Sealing).
China Alloy Parts manufacture a variety of Kovar Alloy Products, including Kovar Plates, Bars, and Sheets. As well as Kovar, we are also widely known as Europe's largest stockist of low and controlled expansion alloys. Discuss your requirements by contacting our team today.
Kovar Stockist Range
| Product Form | Range From | Range To | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kovar Plate | 4mm | 210mm |
 | Kovar Round Bar | 4mm | 160mm |
 | Kovar Sheet & Coil | 0.025mm | 3.175mm |
 | Kovar Wire | 0.1mm | 3.175mm |
 | Kovar Tube | 3.175x0.254mm | 25.4x1.0mm |
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Beneficial Properties
- Expansion Control Reliable hermetic sealing applications
- Uniformity Precise and uniform thermal expansion characteristics
- Shock-resistant Their coefficient thermal expansion makes the seal resistant to shock and cracking
Markets & Applications
- Hermetic sealing
- Production of transistors and diodes in electronic industry
- Vacuum systems in chemistry and scientific research
- Electronic tubes (power, X-Ray)
- Hybrid circuit casings
- Oscillator housings
- Concentrated solar power
- Scientific instruments
Kovar Composition
Mechanical Properties
| Metallurgical Condition | Annealed, Descaled | |
| Yield Strength | KSI (MPa) | 40 (276) |
| Tensile Strength | KSI (MPa) | 75 (518) |
| Hardness | HB | 78 |
| Elongation | 50mm | >20 |
Technical Specifications
| ASTM | UNS | Workstoff | AMS | |
| F15 | K94610 | 1.3981 | I-23011 CL1 |
Chemistry
| Nickel | Ni | 29 |
| Cobalt | Co | 17 |
| Iron | Fe | Balance |
| Manganese | Mn | 0.5 |
| Silicon | Si | 0.2 |
| Carbon | C | 0.04 |
Physical Properties
| Co Efficient of Thermal Expansion | ||
| 30-300°C | 10-6/°C | 5 |
| 30-400°C | 10-6/°C | 5.15 |
| Density | g/cm^3 | 8.26 |
| Curie Temp | °F | 815 |
| °C | 435 | |
| Melting Point | °F | 2640 |
| °C | 1449 | |
| Modulus of Elasticity at 20°C | MPa | 207 |
| Specific Heat | J/g- °C | 0.11 |
| Thermal Conductivity at 20°C | W/m.k | 17.3 |
| Thermal Expansion | W.m-^1°C | 0.17 |
| Electrical Resistivity | mm^2/m | 49 |
| Poisson's coefficient | 0.317 |
Kovar Alloy Products & Properties
China Alloy Parts stock and supply a wide range of kovar products and materials. Therefore, it should be no surprise that we know a lot about Alloy K too.
Head over to our insights pages if you’d like ro read more about Kovar. We’ve written features about the Machinability of Kovar(R), plus much more.
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Alternatively, below is information on the Applications, Products and Properties of this versatile controlled expansion alloy.
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A Versatile Controlled Expansion Alloy
Kovar has been in use for many decades as a controlled expansion alloy. However, despite its relatively long history, many people outside the engineering industry have never heard of Kovar.
What makes Kovar so unique is it's coefficient of thermal expansion. As a controlled expansion alloy, it shared some remarkable similarities to borosilicate glass (hard glass) and ceramic.
Kovar's coefficient of thermal expansion is not an accident, though. Going back in history, Kovar was carefully formulated to meet a specific need. In 2019 and beyond, China Alloy Parts serve to manufacture Kovar to the highest standard. You can learn more about our Quality Assurances here.
Kovar is also known by the following trade names
- Kovar(R)
- Pernifer 29-18(R)
- Dilaton 29-18(R) Dilver P(R)
- Dilver(R) NiCoFe(R)
- Telcoseal 1(R)
- Sealvar(R)
- Nilo K(R)
- Nicoseal(R)
- Nicosel(R)
- Therlo(R)
- FeNi29Co17(R)