Lanthanum Fluoride (LaF3)

Lanthanum Fluoride is not often used as an optical material. Lanthanum Fluoride is usually doped with Europium at a nominal level of 0.3% mole. In this form, the usual application is as the active element in an ion-selective electrode for the detection and measurement of Fluoride ions in solution.
 
Product Data -----------------------------------------------------
 
Transmission Range : 0.2 to 11 μm
Refractive Index : No 1.506 at 0.55 μm
Reflection Loss : 10.3% at 0.55 μm
Absorption Coefficient : n/a
Reststrahlen Peak : n/a
dn/dT : n/a
dn/dμ = 0 : n/a
Density : 5.94
Melting Point : 1493 °C
Thermal Conductivity ; 5.1 W m-1 K-1 at 300K
Thermal Expansion ; 11 x 10-6 /K (para) 17 x 10-6 (perp)
Hardness ; Moh 4.5
Specific Heat Capacity : 506 J Kg-1 K-1
Dielectric Constant : n/a
Youngs Modulus (E) : n/a
Shear Modulus (G) : n/a
Bulk Modulus (K) : n/a
Elastic Coefficients : n/a
Apparent Elastic Limit : n/a
Poisson Ratio : n/a
Solubility : Insoluble in water
Molecular Weight : 195.9
Class/Structure : Trigonal (hex), P3cl, no cleavage
 
Refractive Index and Optical Transmittance curve----
Refractive Index(No=Ordinary Ray  Ne=Extraordinary Ray):
µm    No Ne µm    No Ne µm    No Ne
0.254    1.656 1.649 0.405    1.618 1.612 0.436    1.617 1.609
0.547    1.606 1.602
Optical Transmittance Curve of LaF3 (Reference Data):
lanthanum-fluoride-laf3 Transmittance
 
Product Notes:------------ --------------------------------------

Lanthanum Fluoride is grown as small ingots of about 10mm diameter as it is difficult to anneal. Doped with Europium, it is a pale yellow colour.

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