High-resolution synchrotron x-radiation diffraction imaging of crystals grown in microgravity and closely related terrestrial crystals

Bruce W. Steiner; Ronald C. Dobbyn; David R. Black; Harold Burdette; Masao Kuriyama; Richard D. Spal; Lodewijk Van den Berg; Archibald L. Fripp; Richard T. Simchick; Ravindra B. Lal; Ashok K. Batra; David Matthiesen; Brian M. Ditchek

doi:10.1117/12.49594

1 December 1991 High-resolution synchrotron x-radiation diffraction imaging of crystals grown in microgravity and closely related terrestrial crystals

Bruce W. Steiner, Ronald C. Dobbyn, David R. Black, Harold Burdette, Masao Kuriyama, Richard D. Spal, Lodewijk Van den Berg, Archibald L. Fripp, Richard T. Simchick, Ravindra B. Lal, Ashok K. Batra, David Matthiesen, Brian M. Ditchek

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Proceedings Volume 1557, Crystal Growth in Space and Related Optical Diagnostics; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.49594
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Irregularities in three crystals grown in space and four terrestrial crystals have been compared by high resolution monochromatic synchrotron x-radiation diffraction imaging. For two of the materials, mercuric iodide and lead tin telluride, features consistent with the presence of additional phases in terrestrial samples have been suppressed in the comparable crystals grown in microgravity. Comparison of the images of highly purified terrestrial mercuric iodide with those of lower purity space and terrestrial material suggests specific detector performance models. These models ascribe the improved performance of detectors made from space-grown mercuric iodide to reduction in a widely dispersed impurity phase rather than to extreme macroscopic lattice regularity. While the general grain structure of lead tin telluride is not strongly affected by growth in microgravity, the subgrain uniformity of the space crystal is substantially higher than that of the comparable terrestrial crystal. The greater uniformity is associated with suppression of the second phase that appears to be characteristic of the terrestrial crystal examined.

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Bruce W. Steiner, Ronald C. Dobbyn, David R. Black, Harold Burdette, Masao Kuriyama, Richard D. Spal, Lodewijk Van den Berg, Archibald L. Fripp, Richard T. Simchick, Ravindra B. Lal, Ashok K. Batra, David Matthiesen, and Brian M. Ditchek "High-resolution synchrotron x-radiation diffraction imaging of crystals grown in microgravity and closely related terrestrial crystals", Proc. SPIE 1557, Crystal Growth in Space and Related Optical Diagnostics, (1 December 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.49594

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