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Single
crystal sapphire possesses a unique combination of excellent
optical, physical and chemical properties. The hardest
of the oxide crystals, sapphire retains its high strength
at high temperatures, has good thermal properties and
excellent transparency.
It
is chemically resistant to common acids and alkali at
temperatures up to 1000¡ãC as well as to HF below 300¡ãC.
These properties encourage its wide use in hostile environments
where optical transmission in the range from the visible
to the near infrared is required.
Maximum
available size for windows, lenses and blanks: 100mm
Dia x 10mm Thinkness and 100mm Square x 10mm Thickness.
Sapphire
is also available in form of round rod (2-20mm Dia,
150-300mm long), rectangular and square rod and ribbon
(10-80mm wide, 1-4mm thick, 150-300mm long), tubing
(3-30mm Dia, 1-8mm wall thickness, 150-300 mmlong) and
other custom cross-section configurations.
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