What the SiC Purity Certificate Actually Tells You — and What It Doesn’t
A supplier certificate showing 98.5% SiC purity tells only part of the story — free carbon, polytype ratio, and trace metals below 100 ppm often go unreported yet directly drive refractory failures and sintering defects. This article explains what each analytical method actually measures, which critical parameters standard COAs omit, and what supplementary documentation to require before approving any SiC shipment.