Crystal Growth of α-HgI2 by the Temperature Difference Method for High Sensitivity X-ray Detection

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 3383-3387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaojun Zhang ◽  
Wei Zheng ◽  
Anqi Chen ◽  
Kai Ding ◽  
Feng Huang
2013 ◽  
Vol 740-742 ◽  
pp. 31-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Yoshikawa ◽  
Sakiko Kawanishi ◽  
Kazuki Morita ◽  
Toshihiro Tanaka

This paper describes the solution growth of SiC by a temperature difference method using an Fe-Si solvent. Crystal growth of SiC from an Fe-40 mol%Si solvent onto a seed wafer of 6H-SiC or 4H-SiC was carried out at 1623 – 1723 K under induction heating. Homo-epitaxial growth on both 6H-SiC and 4H-SiC was identified by Raman spectroscopy, and the SiC growth rate was found to be 90 – 260 μm/h. Experiments were also conducted under resistance heating at 1623 K using conditions which suppressed natural convection. Convective mass transfer in the solution was found to be important for rapid growth of SiC.


2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Songming Wan ◽  
Fan Guo ◽  
Yuangqing Zhang ◽  
Weiwei Zheng ◽  
Yuanguang Zhang ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
D. A. Carpenter ◽  
M. A. Taylor

The development of intense sources of x rays has led to renewed interest in the use of microbeams of x rays in x-ray fluorescence analysis. Sparks pointed out that the use of x rays as a probe offered the advantages of high sensitivity, low detection limits, low beam damage, and large penetration depths with minimal specimen preparation or perturbation. In addition, the option of air operation provided special advantages for examination of hydrated systems or for nondestructive microanalysis of large specimens.The disadvantages of synchrotron sources prompted the development of laboratory-based instrumentation with various schemes to maximize the beam flux while maintaining small point-to-point resolution. Nichols and Ryon developed a microprobe using a rotating anode source and a modified microdiffractometer. Cross and Wherry showed that by close-coupling the x-ray source, specimen, and detector, good intensities could be obtained for beam sizes between 30 and 100μm. More importantly, both groups combined specimen scanning with modern imaging techniques for rapid element mapping.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keishiro Yamashita ◽  
Kazuki Komatsu ◽  
Hiroyuki Kagi

An crystal-growth technique for single crystal x-ray structure analysis of high-pressure forms of hydrogen-bonded crystals is proposed. We used alcohol mixture (methanol: ethanol = 4:1 in volumetric ratio), which is a widely used pressure transmitting medium, inhibiting the nucleation and growth of unwanted crystals. In this paper, two kinds of single crystals which have not been obtained using a conventional experimental technique were obtained using this technique: ice VI at 1.99 GPa and MgCl<sub>2</sub>·7H<sub>2</sub>O at 2.50 GPa at room temperature. Here we first report the crystal structure of MgCl2·7H2O. This technique simultaneously meets the requirement of hydrostaticity for high-pressure experiments and has feasibility for further in-situ measurements.


1994 ◽  
Vol 58 (391) ◽  
pp. 307-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mizuhiko Akizuki ◽  
Hirotugu Nisidoh ◽  
Yasuhiro Kudoh ◽  
Tomohiro Watanabe ◽  
Kazuo Kurata

AbstractA study of apatite crystals from the Asio mine, Japan, showed sectoral texture related to the growth of the crystal, and with optically biaxial properties within the sectors. Wet chemical analysis gave a composition Ca5(PO4)3(F0.64,OH0.38,Cl0.01)1.03 for the specimen.Additional diffraction spots were not observed in precession and oscillation X-ray photographs and electron diffraction photographs. Since the internal textures correlate with the surface growth features, it is suggested that the internal textures and the unusual optical properties were produced during nonequilibrium crystal growth. The fluorine/hydroxyl sites in hexagonal apatite are symmetrically equivalent in the solid crystal but, at a growth surface, this equivalence may be lost, resulting in a reduction of crystal symmetry. Heating of the apatite to about 850°C results in the almost complete disappearance of the optical anomalies due to disordering, which may be related to the loss of hydroxyl from the crystal.


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