Difference between revisions of "White sapphire"
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Crystal structure of less high symmetry than other interesting base materials. <br> | Crystal structure of less high symmetry than other interesting base materials. <br> | ||
Maybe look at metastable polymorphs at the eventual cost of somewhat less heat resistance? | Maybe look at metastable polymorphs at the eventual cost of somewhat less heat resistance? | ||
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Note: The page uses leukosapphire instead of just sapphire because <br> | Note: The page uses leukosapphire instead of just sapphire because <br> | ||
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* [[Diamond]] is much less heat and oxidation resistant. | * [[Diamond]] is much less heat and oxidation resistant. | ||
* Both [[diamond]] and [[moissanite]] have higher crystal structure symmetry than leukosapphire | * Both [[diamond]] and [[moissanite]] have higher crystal structure symmetry than leukosapphire | ||
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Revision as of 09:57, 30 March 2021
Advantages:
- very hard material, very high heat conductivity
- made out of the extremely common element aluminum (more common than carbon)
- thermodynamically stable not just metastable thus very heat resistant
Disadvantage:
Crystal structure of less high symmetry than other interesting base materials.
Maybe look at metastable polymorphs at the eventual cost of somewhat less heat resistance?
Note: The page uses leukosapphire instead of just sapphire because
just sapphire is often associated with a blue to black variant where the colour is caused by metal impurities.
A base material for gemstone metamaterial technology would be perfectly impurity free and colorless clear though.
Like a leukosapphire just better.
Related
- Moissanite is also an extremely heat resistant base material.
- Diamond is much less heat and oxidation resistant.
- Both diamond and moissanite have higher crystal structure symmetry than leukosapphire
