Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 50, Issue 4, 732(2021)

Growth of High Melting Point Rare Earth Sesquioxide Scandium Oxide Crystal (Sc2O3)

ZHAO Hengyu1、*, HOU Wentao1, XUE Yanyan1, WANG Qingguo1, DONG Jianshu1, LEI Zhenlin2, XU Xiaodong3, and XU Jun1
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    A new type of high temperature crystal growth furnace has been designed and fabricated with the structure of heat-exchange method (HEM) combined with temperature gradient technique (TGT). Such design could solve the problem of crucible pollution at high temperature and the insufficiency of crystal driving force that derived from distribution of heat. 2 inch Sc2O3 crystal is grown and presented in this work, which is recognized as the largest sesquioxide crystal in size. The Sc2O3 crystal is colorless and transparent with no crack on the surface and no bubbles or other macro-defects inside of the bulk. The size of bulk Sc2O3 crystal is measured to be 55 mm×50 mm, 40 mm of which is in equal-diameter growth while the rest 15 mm belongs to shouldering part. (222) and (444) peaks are observed in the the XRD pattern of bulk Sc2O3 crystal, which indicates to be single phase. X-ray rocking curve (RC) shows good crystalline quality and FWHM of RC peak at 15.76° is determined to be 113″.

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    ZHAO Hengyu, HOU Wentao, XUE Yanyan, WANG Qingguo, DONG Jianshu, LEI Zhenlin, XU Xiaodong, XU Jun. Growth of High Melting Point Rare Earth Sesquioxide Scandium Oxide Crystal (Sc2O3)[J]. Journal of Synthetic Crystals, 2021, 50(4): 732

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    Received: Mar. 26, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 13, 2021

    The Author Email: Hengyu ZHAO (zhaohengyu8@126.com)

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    CSTR:32186.14.

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