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Melting of Al2O3 powder using the skull melting method

  • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
  • Abbr : J. Korean Cryst. Growth Cryst. Technol.
  • 2019, 29(1), pp.24~31
  • DOI : 10.6111/JKCGCT.2019.29.1.024
  • Publisher : The Korea Association Of Crystal Growth, Inc.
  • Research Area : Engineering > Materials Science and Engineering
  • Received : January 7, 2019
  • Accepted : February 8, 2019
  • Published : February 28, 2019

Hyun-Min Choi 1,  Young-Chool Kim 1,  Jeongwon Seok 2

1한미보석감정원
2동신대학교

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ABSTRACT

The current study demonstrates an efficient procedure to create ingots from Al2O3 powder using the skull melting method to use these ingots as a starting material in conventional methods for growing synthetic single-crystal sapphire. Dimension of the cold crucible was 24 cm in inner diameter and 30 cm in inner height, 15 kg of Al2O3 powder was completely melted within 1 h at an oscillation frequency of 2.75 MHz, maintained in the molten state for 3 h, and finally air-cooled. The areal density and components of the cooled ingot by parts were analyzed through scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). The areal density and Al2O3 content of the ingot were related to the temperature distribution inside the cold crucible during high-frequency induction heating, and the area with high temperature was high tends to be high in areal density and purity.

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