Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

TEM/HREM structural characterization of directionally solidified GaAs-CrAs eutectic crystals

Book ·
OSTI ID:479262
; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States). Material Science Div.
  2. Electronic Materials Engineering, Camarillo, CA (United States)

Conventional and high resolution electron microscopy have been applied to characterize the microstructure of the CrAs-GaAs eutectic. The CrAs-GaAs eutectic crystals were directionally solidified by the Czochralski method in order to produce an ordered array of CrAs rods embedded in a GaAs matrix. The CrAs rods of 2--3 {micro}m in diameter align parallel to the growth axis of the ingot. Where the GaAs matrix is found to contain structural defects, the CrAs rods are effectively defect-free. The CrAs has an orthorhombic structure with the parameters a = 3.5 {+-} 0.1 {angstrom}, b = 6.2 {+-} 0.1 {angstrom}, c = 5.7 {+-} 0.1 {angstrom}. The c-axis is close to the direction of solidification.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
479262
Report Number(s):
CONF-951155--; ISBN 1-55899-301-0
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Microstructure of directionally solidified CrAs/GaAs eutectic
Journal Article · Fri Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1995 · Materials Research Bulletin · OSTI ID:39813

Preparation of directionally solidified eutectics in some oxohalide systems
Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Inorg. Mater. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) · OSTI ID:5847975

Structure of directionally solidified InSb-Sb eutectic alloy
Journal Article · Sat Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1987 · Metallography; (United States) · OSTI ID:5556503