Flashcards: Crystals

Lithium tantalate (LiTaO3), is a crystalline solid which possesses unique optical, piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties which make it valuable for nonlinear optics, passive infrared sensors such as motion detectors, terahertz generation and detection, surface acoustic wave applications, cell phones and possibly pyroelectric nuclear fusion.

Austenite, also known as gamma-phase iron (γ-Fe), is a metallic, non-magnetic allotrope of iron or a solid solution of iron, with an alloying element.

Barium fluoride (BaF2) is a chemical compound of barium and fluorine and is a salt.

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.

In crystallography, crystal structure is a description of the ordered arrangement of atoms, ions or molecules in a crystalline material.

A single crystal or monocrystalline solid is a material in which the crystal lattice of the entire sample is continuous and unbroken to the edges of the sample, with no grain boundaries.

Calcium fluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula CaF2.

Lithium fluoride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula LiF.

Lithium niobate (LiNbO3) is a compound of niobium, lithium, and oxygen.

Strontium fluoride, SrF2, also called strontium difluoride and strontium(II) fluoride, is a fluoride of strontium.

Lithium triborate (LiB3O5) LBO is a non-linear optics crystal.

Caesium cadmium bromide (CsCdBr3) is a synthetic crystalline material.

A crystal is a solid material whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions.

Caesium cadmium chloride (CsCdCl3) is a synthetic crystalline material.

Nd-doped YCOB (Nd:YCa4O(BO3)3) is a nonlinear optical crystal, which is commonly used as an active laser medium.

Nd:YAB (Yttrium aluminum borate, YAl3(BO3)4, hereafter referred to as YAB), is grown by the flux method with a modified molybdate flux system.

Potassium aluminium borate (K2Al2B2O7) is an ionic compound composed of potassium ions, aluminium ions, and borate ions.