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Mechanical Properties and Anisotropy in PbWO4 Single Crystal |
WANG Hong1,2,3, ZHANG Zhi-Jun1,3, ZHAO Jing-Tai1,3, XU Jia-Yue1,4, HU Guan-Qin1,3, LI Pei-Jun1
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1Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 2000502Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1000493Key Laboratory of Transparent and Opto-Functional Inorganic Materials of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai 2000504School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Institute ofTechnology, Shanghai 200235 |
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WANG Hong, ZHANG Zhi-Jun, ZHAO Jing-Tai et al 2010 Chin. Phys. Lett. 27 026101 |
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Abstract The mechanical properties of PbWO4 (PWO) crystals grown by the vertical Bridgman method are systematically investigated using the microindentation technique. In the present work, the Vickers microhardness Hν, fracture toughness Kc, yield strength σy and friability index Bi of PbWO4 crystals are measured. The Vickers microhardness Hν on the (100) wafer is about 140 MPa, which means that PWO is a little ``soft'' scintillator. The anisotropy of mechanical properties is also investigated under a steady load of 0.5 kg. The (100) wafer of the crystal exhibits combined mechanical properties more excellent than those of (111) and (001) wafers, and the values of Kc, σy, and Bi are 0.538 MPa12539;m1/2, 51.11 kg/mm2 and 284.96 νm-1/2, respectively.
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Keywords:
61.66.Fn
61.72.Bb
62.20.-x
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Received: 07 July 2009
Published: 08 February 2010
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PACS: |
61.66.Fn
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(Inorganic compounds)
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61.72.Bb
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(Theories and models of crystal defects)
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62.20.-x
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(Mechanical properties of solids)
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