화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Materials Science, Vol.33, No.6, 1627-1632, 1998
Convection during the vertical Bridgman growth of Hg1-xCdxTe
Two different structures, obtained with specific growth parameters, in Hg(1-xC)d(x)Te single crystals synthesized by the vertical Bridgman technique, are shown. A structure (small vertical line-shaped defects) located in the central part of the charge along the growth axis can be ascribed to convection induced by melt-solid interface curvature. The other structure, obtained in the first-to-freeze region of the ingot, when the temperature of the cold zone of the furnace is constant and a few degrees lower than the solidification one, can be ascribed to the convection rolls frozen in the solid matrix.