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Barium Fluoride - BaF2
lenses, windows, mirrors, filters and prisms
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Used for optical windows, prisms and lenses transmitting from the vacuum
ultraviolet into the Infrared. BaF² is also a scintillation material
that exhibits one of the fastest known decay constants among inorganic materials.
Typical Applications: UV, Visible and Infrared imaging systems, scintillators, IR cut-off filters.
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| Transmission Range |
0.15 - 15.0 µ |
| Crystal Structure |
Fluorite |
| Cleavage Plane |
111 |
| Colour |
Colourless |
| Density |
4.884 (20°) |
| Melting Point (°) |
1280 |
| Reflection Loss |
6.0% (4µ) for 2 surfaces |
| Solubility index |
0.159gm/100gm / 0°C |
| Hardness (Knoop) |
82.0/500 gm indenter |
| Thermal Conductivity (cal/cm sec°C) |
2.8x10-2 (13°C) |
| Thermal Expansion coefficient (/°C) |
18.1x10-6/°C at -100° to +120°C |
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Whilst every effort has been made to verify the data provided, no responsibility can be accepted for its accuracy
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Dorset, UK, BH10 6JN.
Tel: 01202 530609,
Fax: 01202 547209
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Registered Office: 30 Brockley Road, Bournemouth BH10 6JN
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