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Faceting of sapphire crystals grown from a melt by the Stepanov method

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The appearance of faces on cylindrical sapphire single crystals grown from a melt by the Stepanov method is studied by photogoniography and optical microscopy. The crystallographic indices of the detected faces are established, and the microstructure of the growth layers is investigated. A relationship between the faceting and the growth conditions is found. The experimental results are compared with data on the faceting of the sapphire crystals grown from a solution-melt and with the calculated specific free surface energies of the faces.

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  1. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    Yu. G. Nosov, S. I. Bakholdin & V. M. Krymov

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Original Russian Text © Yu.G. Nosov, S.I. Bakholdin, V.M. Krymov, 2009, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 79, No. 2, pp. 76–82.

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Nosov, Y.G., Bakholdin, S.I. & Krymov, V.M. Faceting of sapphire crystals grown from a melt by the Stepanov method. Tech. Phys. 54, 239–245 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784209020133

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