Papers Published

1. Cocks, F.H. and Stormont, R.W., The high pressure crystal growth of sodium beta-alumina, J. Electrochem. Soc. (USA), vol. 121 no. 4 (1974), pp. 596 - 8 .
   (last updated on 2007/04/10)

   Abstract:
   The authors have made use of a recently developed crystal growth method called edge-defined, film-fed growth (EFG), which enables a variety of crystals to be grown having any constant cross-sectional shape. To counter the problem of sodium vaporization, a high pressure (300 psi), inert gas, EFG crystal growth chamber has been constructed, and to contain the reactive melt, both the crucible and the crystal-shaping dies were fabricated from iridium

   Keywords:
   aluminium compounds;crystal growth from melt;high-pressure techniques;sodium compounds;