Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Crystal Growth of Bismuth Silicon Oxide(BSO) in Space

ZHOU Yan-Fei; TANG Lian-An; AI Fei; ZHU Jun-Xiong   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2001-12-25 Revised:2002-02-20 Published:2003-01-20 Online:2003-01-20

Abstract: The crystal of BSO was grown at a spacecraft for the first time. The space-grown and terrestrially-grown BSO crystals were measured by X-ray rocking curves and dislocation etchings as well as transmission spectra. The results show that the optical qualities of space-grown BSO crystal can be highly improved under microgravity.

Key words: bismuth silicon oxides (BSO), crystal growth, Bridgman method microgravity

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