Quartz Crystal

Quartz Crystal

Quartz Crystal

Optically, crystalline quartz is used extensively as a wave retardationmedium, using the birefringent properties for use in quarter-wave platesand in polarizers. Quartz is mined naturally, but more ..

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Quartz Crystal

Optically, crystalline quartz is used extensively as a wave retardationmedium, using the birefringent properties for use in quarter-wave platesand in polarizers. Quartz is mined naturally, but more commonly producedsynthetically in large long faceted crystals. 
Quartz is positive birefringent.
 
 
PARAMETER
VALUE
Crystal Class
Hexagonal
Molecular Weight
60.06
Density 
2.635-2.660 g/cm3 at 289 K
Dielectric Constant 
for 3x107 Hz at 295 K
parallel
perpendicular 
35 microns 
4.27 
4.34 
Reflection Loss
8.2 % for two surfaces at 2 mm
Melting Temperature
1740 K
Specific Heat 
0.17 cal/(g K) at 273 K
Knoop Hardness
741 kg/mm2
Transmission Range
0.4 - 4.5 μm
Debye Temperature
470 K
Thermal Conductivity
at 20 K (parallel/perpendicular)
720/370 W/(m K)
at 194 K (parallel/perpendicular)
20/10W/(m K)
at 323 K (parallel/perpendicular) 
10.7/6.2W/(m K)
Thermal Expansion 
 
parallel
97.2 GPa
perpendicular
76.5 GPa
Bulk Modulus
36.4 GPa
Shear Modulus
31.14 GPa
Solubility in water
None
Bangap
8.4
 

REFRACTIVE INDEX:

Wavelength, μm
no
ne
0.1850
1.65751 
1.68988 
0.1980 
1.65087
1.66394 
0.2310 
1.61395 
1.62555 
0.3400 
1.56747 
1.57737 
0.3940 
1.55846 
1.56805 
0.4340 
1.55396 
1.56339 
0.5080
1.54822 
1.55746 
0.5893 
1.54424 
1.55335 
0.7680 
1.53903 
1.54794 
0.8325 
1.53773 
1.54661 
0.9914 
1.53514
1.54392 
1.1592 
1.53283 
1.54152 
1.3070 
1.53090 
1.53951 
1.3958
1.52977 
1.53832
1.4792 
1.52865
1.53716
1.5414 
1.52781 
1.53630 
1.6815 
1.52583 
1.53422
1.7614
1.52468 
1.53301
1.9457 
1.52184 
1.53004 
2.0531 
1.52005 
1.52823 
2.3000 
1.51561 
 
2.6000
1.50986 
 
3.0000 
1.49953 
 
3.5000 
1.48451 
 
4.0000 
1.46617 
 
4.2000 
1.45690 
 
5.0000 
1.41700 
 
6.4500
1.27400 
 
7.0000 
1.16700 
 

 Capabilities:

Item Quartz Crystal
Wavelength 150-4000nm
Size 0.1-100mm
Orientation <6 arc min
Parallelism <1arc sec
Surface Quality 10/5
Flatness   λ/ 10
Clear Aperture >95%
Coating Upon Customer's Specification