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CaF2

CaF2 is a crystal which has good transmission from 170nm to 7800nm, It is slightly soluble in water and is susceptible to thermal shock Common uses of CaF2 includes IR components such as windows, lenses and prisms.

Specification

 

Material: Anisotropic synthetic sapphire crystal (Al2O3)
           Orientation: Random
           Diameter Tolerance: +0.0, -0.1mm
           Thickness Tolerance: : +/- 0.2mm
           Clear Aaperture: >80%
           Parallelism: 1 arc minutes
           Surface Quality: 80-50 scratch and dig
           Flatness: λ\2 at 632.8 nm
           Protective Bevel

 

Part No

Diameter(mm)

T (mm)

WIN1240

12.72.0

WIN2540

25.43.0

WIN5040

50.03.0

Other sizes and coating are available upon requirements

 Properties of CaF2 crystal

FormulaCaF2
Max sizeφ180mm
Transmission scope (um)0.15-9.0
Density (g/cm3)3.18
Melting point (℃)1418
Mohs hardness4
Thermal expansion (10-6/K)16.2-19.4
Thermal conductivity9.17
Dissolution (g/cm3)0.0016
Wavelength (um)0.21.51.05.010.0
Refractive Index1.49511.43651.42891.39901.3002
Absorption coefficient (cm-1) 0.10@0.2um;0.01@0.4um;0.03@2.7um


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