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Stock List Crystals & Substrates
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Cadmium Telluride ( CdTe )
CdTe
CdHgTe
Crystal properties
Application fields:
IR optics, substrates, detectors, crystal pieces for vacuum deposition.
Structure
Cubic zincblende
Density
5.85 g/cm3
Knoop Hardness
45 kg/mm2
Young’s Modulus
3.7 x1011 dyne/cm2
Rupture Modulus
2.2 x108 dyne/cm2
Poisson Ratio
0.41
Coef. of Thermal Expansion
5.9 x 10-6/K
Specific Heat
0.21 J/gK
Thermal conductivity (at 25 oC)
0.06 W/cmK
Max. Transmittance (l =7-12 μm)
66 %
Absorption Coef. (l =10.6 μm)
£ 0.003 cm-1 (including 2 surfaces)
Thermo-Optic Coef. (dn/dT)
11.0 (l =10.6 μm)
Refractive index (l =10.6 μm)
2.69
Max. IR-optic blank diameter/length
l 40 x 45 mm
Max. single crystal diameter/length
l 40 x 30 mm
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