Effect of crucible and crystal rotations on the convexity and the thermal stress in large size sapphire crystals during Czochralski growth

Engineering & Materials Science

• Crystal growth from melt 100%
• Sapphire 76%
• Crucibles 76%
• Thermal stress 57%
• Crystals 57%
• Crystal counters 10%
• Crystal growth 6%
• Thermal gradients 4%
• Stress concentration 4%
• Flow fields 4%
• Temperature distribution 3%

Physics & Astronomy

• convexity 80%
• crucibles 64%
• thermal stresses 61%
• sapphire 48%
• crystals 27%
• counter rotation 7%
• stress distribution 4%
• temperature gradients 3%
• flow distribution 3%
• temperature distribution 3%
• curvature 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Crucible 68%
• Flow 3%
• Length 3%
• Reduction 2%