Sapphire: materials, manufacturing, applications

This book provides encyclopediac coverage of sapphire: growth and fabrication, high quality material, and numerous practical applications. Some of the fields of application include, but are not limited to, quantum electronics, radio electronics, radio engineering, radiolocation, ultrahigh resolution optics, high temperature optics, aircraft, atomic power engineering, space, space and microwave engineering. Unusual, versatile and attractive physical and chemical properties of sapphire will be addressed, as well as the main trends in the evolution of the growth methods. Important features of the book include the following: Addresses for the first time in a convenient and readily accessible format information on physical, chemical, mechanical and other properties of sapphire. Provides users with the up-to-date information of the potential that sapphire provides in the different fields of engineering and applied science, including the areas of micro- and opto-electronics. First technical book on sapphire crystals Addresses a broad engineering and business community: producers, buyers and users alike Summarizes the most important results of the existing scientific and engineering studies carried out by researchers across the world Provides complete information on the useful physical, mechanical, and chemical data including tables, charts, etc., with the properties of sapphire and its possible applications INDICE: Properties of Sapphire.- Application Today and Tomorrow.- Modern Methods of Growth.- Principles of Structure Defects Formation at Crystal Growth.- Evolution of Surface Structure at Mechanical Treatment.- The Effect of Thermal Treatment on Properties of Sapphire.- Methods of Fabrication of Complicated Shape Sapphire Joints.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-85694-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 500
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés