Lanthanated Molybdenum Wire

Lanthanated Molybdenum Wire

Elmet is the leading global provider of high-quality molybdenum based wire products and the only US owned and operated producer.  We manufacture and stock common sizes of our molybdenum, molybdenum potassium doped HCT, Mo-La and tungsten wires.  Elmet manufactures wire as small as 7/10,000ths of an inch. Wire is typically sold on a per km basis for fine wire and a per kg basis for heavy wire.  All our wire products are manufactured in Lewiston, Maine USA.  Elmet is the last fully integrated US producer of molybdenum, Mo-La, and tungsten wire.  Our 90-year legacy dates back to our history as part of Royal Philips / Philips Lighting.

Lanthanated molybdenum doped products have a higher recrystallization temperature than either pure molybdenum or HCT moly and normally exhibit better ductility characteristics after recrystallization. Application temperature limits for MoLa exceed those of HCT, and MoLa is utilized in those applications where the limits of HCT are reached.

Elmet Technologies’ wire is available in the following materials:

• Mo (molybdenum wire)  Diameter sizes range from below 0.001 inches to over 0.250 inches
• Mo-K also known as Moly HCT wire (potassium doped molybdenum wire)
• Mo-La (molybdenum lanthanum oxide doped wire)
• Mo-W also know as MB is an alloyed product of moly and tungsten (molybdenum-tungsten alloy – various compositions)
• W (tungsten)
• W-La (tungsten lanthanum oxide doped wire)
• W-K non-sag (potassium doped tungsten wire)
• Titanium Zirconium Molybdenum (TZM)

HCT and MoLa Molybdenum Wire Applications and Properties