SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF HUNTITE-BORATE CRYSTALS GROWN BY SPONTANEOUS CRYSTALLIZATION FROM FLUX

Authors
CHANI VI INOUE K SHIMAMURA K FUKUDA T
Citation
Vi. Chani et al., SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF HUNTITE-BORATE CRYSTALS GROWN BY SPONTANEOUS CRYSTALLIZATION FROM FLUX, Journal of materials research, 9(12), 1994, pp. 3028-3031
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Journal of materials research → ACNP
ISSN journal
08842914
Volume
9
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3028 - 3031
Database
ISI
SICI code
0884-2914(1994)9:12<3028:SDOHCG>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Rare-earth huntite-borates R(Al, Ga)3(BO3)4, where R = Yb, Er, and/or Nd, were grown by spontaneous crystallization from fluxes based on Bi2 O-B2O3. Crystals were removed from the melts and selected to different size fractions using meshes. It was found that dependence of weight f or each size fraction on size in double logarithm coordinates was clos e to a symmetrical function. The dependence of logarithm of crystal am ount on size was almost linear.