Barium Fluoride ( BaF2 )

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Material Summary:

                      [Ref. 1]        
Manufacturer........: Unknown
Material Designation: barium fluoride
Material Form.......: Single Crystal
Composition.........: BaF2
Processing..........: 




References:

   [1] P. F. Becher and S. W. Freiman, "Crack Propagation in Alkaline-Earth Fluorides"
       Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 49, No. 7, pp. 3779-3783 (1978).




Property Table:

Temperature = 23 °C

Grain    Porosity    Fracture      Fracture   Measurement  Measurement  Comments
Size                 Toughness     Energy     Method       Environment
[µm]       [%]       [MPa·m1/2]     [J/m2] 
------   --------   ------------   ---------  -----------  -----------  --------------------------------
                                     0.35       AMDCB          air       Crack plane {111} and crack
                                                                         direction [1-10]
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