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Title: Method for harvesting single crystals from a peritectic melt

Abstract

A method of preparing single crystals. The method of preparation involves preparing precursor materials of a particular composition, heating the precursor material to achieve a peritectic mixture of peritectic liquid and crystals, cooling the peritectic mixture to quench directly the mixture on a porous, wettable inert substrate to wick off the peritectic liquid, leaving single crystals on the porous substrate. Alternatively, the peritectic mixture can be cooled to a solid mass and reheated on a porous, inert substrate to melt the matrix of peritectic fluid while leaving the crystals unmelted, allowing the wicking away of the peritectic liquid.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Lemont, IL
  2. Columbus, OH
  3. Cincinnati, OH
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
870582
Patent Number(s):
US 5549748
Assignee:
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
method; harvesting; single; crystals; peritectic; melt; preparing; preparation; involves; precursor; materials; particular; composition; heating; material; achieve; mixture; liquid; cooling; quench; directly; porous; wettable; inert; substrate; wick; leaving; alternatively; cooled; solid; mass; reheated; matrix; fluid; unmelted; allowing; wicking; peritectic mixture; inert substrate; involves preparing; single crystal; single crystals; porous substrate; solid mass; precursor material; precursor materials; preparing single; particular composition; peritectic melt; preparation involves; preparing precursor; /117/

Citation Formats

Todt, Volker R, Sengupta, Suvankar, and Shi, Donglu. Method for harvesting single crystals from a peritectic melt. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Todt, Volker R, Sengupta, Suvankar, & Shi, Donglu. Method for harvesting single crystals from a peritectic melt. United States.
Todt, Volker R, Sengupta, Suvankar, and Shi, Donglu. 1996. "Method for harvesting single crystals from a peritectic melt". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870582.
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title = {Method for harvesting single crystals from a peritectic melt},
author = {Todt, Volker R and Sengupta, Suvankar and Shi, Donglu},
abstractNote = {A method of preparing single crystals. The method of preparation involves preparing precursor materials of a particular composition, heating the precursor material to achieve a peritectic mixture of peritectic liquid and crystals, cooling the peritectic mixture to quench directly the mixture on a porous, wettable inert substrate to wick off the peritectic liquid, leaving single crystals on the porous substrate. Alternatively, the peritectic mixture can be cooled to a solid mass and reheated on a porous, inert substrate to melt the matrix of peritectic fluid while leaving the crystals unmelted, allowing the wicking away of the peritectic liquid.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/870582}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
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