Growth and Characterization of Zinc and Cadmium Thiogallate

Abstract

In an attempt to prepare infrared materials which have properties superior to those of the II-IV chalcogenides, members of the system Zn(1-x)Cd(x) Ga2S4 were prepared and their infrared transmission, hardness and thermal stability were measured. Whereas both Zincthiogallate and Cadmiumthiogallate transmitted in the infrared and have reasonable measured values for thermal stability and hardness, there is little improvement achieved by solid solutions. Keywords: Crystal growth; Infrared optical materials; Solid solutions; Crystal structure; Windows; Single crystals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 26, 1988
Accession Number
ADA199780

Entities

People

  • Aaron Wold
  • Kirby Dwight
  • P. Wu
  • X-c. He

Organizations

  • Brown University

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Classification
  • Crystal Growth
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Optical Materials
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Rhode Island
  • Security
  • Single Crystals
  • Solid Solutions
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Stability
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.