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http://dx.doi.org/10.4191/KCERS.2002.39.10.907

Effect of Surface Energy Anisotropy on the Equilibrium Shape of Sapphire Crystal

Choi, Jung-Hae (Center for Microstructure Science of Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering College of Engineering, Seoul National University)

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Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society / v.39, no.10, 2002 , pp. 907-911 More about this Journal

Abstract

Using the two-dimensional Wulff plot, the equilibrium shape of a sapphire crystal was investigated as a function of surface energy anisotropy. Depending on the relative values of surface energy for various facet planes, the projected shape of equilibrium sapphire was determined to be rectangle, parallelogram, hexagon or octagon. The results are compared with the experimentally observed shapes of internal cavities of submicron range in sapphire single crystals.

Keywords

Equilibrium shape; Sapphire; Surface energy anisotropy;

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