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ll921(½ð±Ò+20, ·ÒëEPI+1): 2011-03-02 08:42:11
When a pure oxygen atmosphere was applied, bubbles were observed in the melt, which resulted in an unstable molten zone. And the molten zone was more stable in (the air). In addition, a higher lamp power resulted that more liquid (could) be replenished from the melting feed rod than (that would) be crystallized. So a stable floating zone was achieved by lowering the lamps power to 62.1 % in the air flow of 0.1 L/min and the pressure of 0.1 MPa. XXX crystals were grown by spontaneous nucleation. When (the)growth began, multiple nucleation sites were observed to form. After some optimizations, the as-grown rod (was ?Ö±½Óɾµô£¬Îª²»¼°Îﶯ´Ê) composed of several large domains as shown in Fig. 1 a. It £¨could£© be seen that the as-grown sample £¨was£© dark-brown cylindrical rod of 4-6 mm in diameter and 87 mm in length. The largest crystal domain was §¶ 5 mm¡Á L 32 mm. The dark brown color in as-grown crystal could be attributed to the partial reduction of X+ ions, which was a common problem with alkali-earth niobates grown directly from their melts [15, 17]. And Fig. 1 b shows the crystal wafer cut parallel to the growth direction, then annealed in an oxygen atmosphere at 1500 K for 10 h. The annealed wafer faded to light brownish.
The powder XRD pattern of the as-grown crystal £¨was£© shown in Fig. 2. It £¨could£© be found that all peaks £¨were£©indexed to the diffraction peaks for the XXX columbite (Ref: PDF Number: XX). It £¨indicated£© that the as-grown crystal £¨was£© columbite XXX without impurity phases. The powder XRD pattern of the annealed crystal was also measured and the peak positions and relative intensity were unchanged. It £¨indicated£© that the annealing £¨£©had no effect on the structure of the crystal. |
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