Top Industries purchasing Cesium (Cs)
Major Individual Company Purchasers
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| Rank | Industry | Metric Tons (Est.) | Percent Usage | Primary Applications |
| 1 | Oil & Gas Drilling | 945 | 63.0% | Cesium formate brines for high-pressure/high-heat (HPHT) wells. |
| 2 | Chemical & Catalyst | 165 | 11.0% | Catalysts for organic synthesis (sulfuric acid and styrene). |
| 3 | Medical Technology | 120 | 8.0% | Cancer radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging (Cs-137). |
| 4 | Electronics Hardware | 90 | 6.0% | Photoelectric cells, photomultiplier tubes, and vacuum tubes. |
| 5 | Glass & Optics | 45 | 3.0% | Specialized night-vision glass and high-refractive-index lenses. |
| 6 | Telecommunications | 30 | 2.0% | Cesium atomic clocks for 5G/6G network synchronization. |
| 7 | Aerospace & Defense | 22.5 | 1.5% | GPS satellite timing, ion propulsion research, and guidance. |
| 8 | Scientific R&D | 15 | 1.0% | Particle physics research and metrology (time definition). |
| 9 | Solar Energy | 12 | 0.8% | Doping for perovskite solar cells to increase stability. |
| 10 | Quantum Computing | 10.5 | 0.7% | Neutral-atom quantum processors (using Cs atoms as qubits). |
| 11 | Semiconductors | 9 | 0.6% | Low-work-function coatings for microelectronics. |
| 12 | Nuclear Energy | 7.5 | 0.5% | Scintillation crystals for radiation monitoring in power plants. |
| 13 | Specialty Metallurgy | 6 | 0.4% | Getter materials to remove trace gases in vacuum alloys. |
| 14 | Maritime Navigation | 4.5 | 0.3% | High-precision timing for deep-sea mapping/undersea cables. |
| 15 | Biotechnology | 4.5 | 0.3% | Density gradient centrifugation (separating DNA/RNA). |
| 16 | Lighting Technology | 3 | 0.2% | Cesium iodide/bromide used in high-intensity discharge lamps. |
| 17 | Food Safety (Testing) | 3 | 0.2% | Radiation detection equipment for environmental monitoring. |
| 18 | Crystallography | 3 | 0.2% | High-density salts for protein crystal structural analysis. |
| 19 | Photography (Niche) | 1.5 | 0.1% | Infrared-sensitive coatings for specialized film/sensors. |
| 20 | Automotive (Research) | 1.5 | 0.1% | Theoretical research into magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power. |
Major Individual Company Purchasers
- Sinomine Resource Group: Owns the Tanco Mine (Canada) and controls the vast majority of global Cesium formate supply.
- Cabot Specialty Fluids: (Now part of Sinomine) The primary lessor of Cesium fluids to global oil majors like Shell, BP, and Chevron.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific: A major purchaser for laboratory-grade Cesium salts and diagnostic chemicals.
- Microchip Technology Inc. (Microsemi): The world leader in the production of Cesium atomic clocks.
- Sigma-Aldrich (Merck KGaA): The primary distributor of high-purity Cesium for research and semiconductor doping.
Caution: This content was sourced and arranged by AI and thus may be subject to errors, biases, omissions, or antiquation.
This information can provide a general sense of industry dynamics, but may be unreliable in its specifics, or as an isolated basis for investment decisions.