Accuflect™ IR is a highly diffuse and low loss reflector of near infrared and mid infrared radiation. The diffuse reflecting Accuflect™ IR offers alternatives to the metallic specular reflectors and their shortcomings often found in infrared heating applications. Some notable characteristics of the Accuflect™ IR ceramic reflector material include:

• Diffuse reflectance creates a uniformly illuminated area
• Accuflect™ IR can be applied as flat panels to act as a planar source or it can be shaped to provide a more concentrated area of illumination
• Accuflect™ IR is a refractory material capable of long term use at 1200°C--well above the use temperature of metal reflectors
• The refractoriness eliminates the need to actively cool the reflector surfaces
• Radiosity from the warm reflector surfaces improves heating efficiency and has a recuperator effect on the high temperature emitters
• Accuflect™ IR has optimal reflectance in the .76 micron to 2 micron NIR wavelengths characteristic of high energy and high watt density emitters operating above 1000°C
• Accuflect™ IR is an electrical insulator

Accuflect™ has a fine particle size. Its microstructure results in a short mean free path length for the infrared photons refracting and reflecting within the material so sections as thin as 3 mm are fully effective reflectors.