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Calcite (CaCO3) |
| Calcite, or Iceland Spar, is a strongly birefringent material and is used for polarisers and retardation plates. |
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Product Data |
| Transmission Range : |
0.3 to 2.3 μm |
| Refractive Index : |
No 1.6654 at 0.51 μm |
| Reflection Loss : |
11.7% at 0.51 μm (2 surfaces) |
| Absorption Coefficient : |
n/a |
| Reststrahlen Peak : |
n/a |
| dn/dT : |
3 (para) 13 (perp) x 10-6 /°C at 0.5 micron |
| dn/dμ = 0 : |
n/a |
| Density : |
2.71 g/cc |
| Melting Point : |
825°C (Decomposes) |
| Thermal Conductivity : |
5.526 (para) 4.646 (perp) W m-1 K-1 at 273K |
| Thermal Expansion : |
25 (para) 5.8 (perp) x 10-6 /°C at 273K |
| Hardness : |
Knoop 155 Moh 3 |
| Specific Heat Capacity : |
852 J Kg-1 K-1 |
| Dielectric Constant : |
8 (para) 8.5 (perp) at 10kHz at 293K |
| Youngs Modulus (E) : |
72.35 (perp) 88.19 (para) GPa |
| Shear Modulus (G) : |
35 GPa |
| Bulk Modulus (K) : |
129.53 GPa |
| Elastic Coefficients : |
C11=137; C12=45; C13=45; C14=(21); C33=79 |
| Apparent Elastic Limit : |
4.83 MPa (700 psi) |
| Poisson Ratio : |
n/a |
| Solubility : |
0.0014g/100g water at 25°C |
| Molecular Weight : |
100.09 |
| Class/Structure : |
Trigonal (hex), R3c, {10-14} cleavage *see note below |
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Refractive Index |
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No |
Ne |
µm |
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Ne |
µm |
No |
Ne |
| 0.20 |
1.9028 |
1.5765 |
0.30 |
1.7196 |
1.5137 |
0.41 |
1.6801 |
1.4954 |
| 0.51 |
1.6653 |
1.4896 |
0.64 |
1.6550 |
1.4849 |
0.71 |
1.6521 |
1.4835 |
| 0.80 |
1.6487 |
1.4822 |
0.91 |
1.6458 |
1.4810 |
1.04 |
1.6428 |
1.4799 |
| 1.50 |
1.6346 |
1.4774 |
1.91 |
1.627 |
1.4757 |
2.10 |
1.622 |
1.4749 |
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Product Notes |
Calcite is often mined naturally. Crystran Ltd has a stock of small calcite "rhombs" of good clear optical quality. Calcite cuts and polishes well.
CLEAVEAGE PLANE :
There can be confusion in the definition of the cleavage plane in calcite. Conventionally this has always been referred to as {10-11} but recent papers on AFM studies use {10-14}. Calcite cleaves between the bonds of the CO3 groups (in the CO3 layer). The CO3 group are offset relative to each other and inclined to the c axis giving 3 cleavage directions defining a rhomb. Following the {10-11} nomenclature the unit cell requires ¼ the length of the c axis as measured from XRD (on a dimension 4 times longer). The correct Miller indices are {10-14} but the conventional {10-11} is often used in order not to confuse and for easier comparison. (1)
REFERENCES:
1. Private Communication. J.A.Elliott. Dept. Materials Science, University of Cambridge. 2011
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