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Growth of KTaO 3 ‐KNbO 3 Mixed Crystals
Author(s) -
WILCOX W. R.,
FULLMER L. D.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1966.tb15407.x
Subject(s) - potassium niobate , tantalum , potassium , materials science , evaporation , crystal growth , crystal (programming language) , mineralogy , oxide , crystallography , chemistry , metallurgy , ferroelectricity , optoelectronics , physics , computer science , dielectric , programming language , thermodynamics
Crystals of potassium tantalum niobate (KTN) were grown by two techniques: (1) pulling in the 〈100〉 direction with a continuously increasing crystal diameter, and (2) growing {100} platelets while floating on the surface of the melt. The amount of tantalum in the crystals increased rapidly with increasing potassium in the melt. The rate of potassium oxide evaporation from the melt was significant.