As the hardest of oxide crystals, sapphire has a combination of optical and physical properties that make it the best choice for a variety of demanding applications. Sapphire maintains its strength even at high temperatures. It has good thermal properties, excellent electrical and dielectric properties and is resistant to chemical attack. These properties encourage the use of sapphire in aggressive environments where reliability, optical transmission and strength are required.
Specifications:
| Diameter Tolerance : |
+0.0 /-0.1mm |
| Thickness Tolerance: |
+/-0.05mm |
| Surface Quality: |
better than 40/20 scratch/dig |
| Parallelism: |
< 10 arcsec |
| Flatness: |
< l/2 per 25mm @632.8nm |
| Perpendicularity: |
< 5 arcmin |
| Wavefront Distortion: |
< l/2@632.8nm |
| Coating: |
Coating upon Request |
Properties:
| Crystal Structure |
Hexagonal System |
| Lattice |
a=4.785 Å, c=12.991 Å |
| Density |
3.98 g/cm3 |
| Transmission Range |
0.15 - 5.5 mm |
| Melting Point |
2040 °C |
| Specific Heat |
0.418 W·s /g /K |
| Thermal Conductivity |
25.12 W/m /K |
| Thermal Shock Resistance |
790 W /m |
| Thermal Expansion |
5.8x10-6 /K |
| dn/dT, @ 633nm |
13x10-6 /K-1 |
| Mohs Hardness |
9 |
| Refractive Index |
1.83 (0.26mm), 1.76 (0.63mm), 1.58 (5.57mm) |
