Abstract

Single crystals of 12CaO·7Al 2O 3 (C12A7) have been grown by the Czochralski method with three different growth directions of <100>, <110>, and <111>. Employment of a 2.0% oxygen-containing nitrogen atmosphere and use of an iridium crucible were the critical factors for obtaining the single crystal. The crystal exhibited orange color resulting from the incorporation of Ir 4+ ions of ∼ 5 × 10 17 cm − 3 , presumably occupying at Ca 2+ sites. High resolution X-ray diffraction analyses indicated that the C12A7 single crystal shows the tetragonal symmetry belonging to the space group I 4 ― 2 m .

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