KDP Crystal Growth
Uploaded by: RadiantBlueLight
Video Description:
This is a synthetic seed crystal. It is placed in a six-foot-high tank filled with nearly a metric ton of supersaturated potassium dihydrogen phosphate, or KDP. As it rotates on a turntable in the tank, the crystal begins to grow. In just two months, the crystal grows to be as large as 800 pounds; with conventional methods of growing crystals, this process would take nearly two years. When complete, the crystal is carefully cleaned. It's removed from the tank. Then it's measured; and finally, it's cut into 40-by-40-centimeter plates to be used in the National Ignition Facility to focus, transmit and direct laser beams on their way to the target chamber.
Tags for this video: crystal dihydrogen growth KDP laser optics phosphate potassium supersaturated
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| That crystal is ... ( 10 months ago by Cristallerie) |
| That crystal is very impressive ! Make a rotation of all the container while growing it seems to work as well ! I must be humble now with my alum pyramids, thank you for posting it |
| Ditto! ( 9 months ago by CrappyDad) |
| Ditto! |
| Fantastic video, I ... ( 7 months ago by PolarisCZ) |
| Fantastic video, I would love to have equipment like that. Can't do that in my small lab. |
| my science told us ... ( 2 months ago by Sakuno30) |
| my science told us to watch this vid. for hw xD |
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