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Magnesium Fluoride (MgF2)

 Crystallographic
Syngony Tetragonal
Symmetry Class 4/mmm
Lattice Constants a = 4.64 Å
c = 3.06
Cleavability (100),(110) perfect

 Optical
Refractive Index at ne 1.3786
Refractive Index at nF' - nC' 1.3904
Refractive Index at n10.6 0.0034
Refractive Index at n8.0 - n12.5 0.0110
Thermal Coefficient of Refractive Index at 3.39 microns for ±60 °C bo = (0.15 ... 0.10) x 10-5
be = (0.15 ... 0.10) x 10-5
Transmission Range, microns 0.13 - 7.0

 Thermal
Thermal Linear Expansion, °C-1
for ±60 °C
 
   ^ to c-axis (6.23 ... 9.25) x 10-6
   || to c-axis (10.86 ... 14.54) x 10-6
Specific Heat Capacity, J/(kg * °C) 0.9200 x 103
Melting Point, °C 1255

 Mechanical
Density, g/cm3 at 20 °C 3.18
Mohs Hardness 6
Vickers Microhardness, Pa  
   ^ to c-axis 441 x 107
   || to c-axis 289 x 107
Constants of Elastic Compliance, Pa-1 S11 = 12.45 x 10-12
S12 = -7.16 x 10-12
S13 = -1.66 x 10-12
S33 = 5.94 x 10-12
S44 = 17.54 x 10-12
S66 = 10.53 x 10-12
Young Modulus (E), Pa  
   ^ to c-axis 16.91 x 1010
   || to c-axis 7.97 x 1010
Shear Modulus (G), Pa  
   ^ to c-axis 5.71 x 1010
   || to c-axis 9.52 x 1010
Poisson Ratio  
   || to c-axis 0.577

 Chemical
Molecular Weight 62.32
Solubility  
   in water, gram/100 cm3 0.0076
   in acids soluble

 Ref. Index vs. Wavelength l
Wavelength, Microns Refractive Index no Refractive Index ne
0.2 1.4231 1.4367
0.5 1.3797 1.3916
1.0 1.3736 1.3852
2.0 1.3686 1.3797
3.0 1.3618 1.3724
4.0 1.3525 1.3622
5.0 1.3400 1.3487
6.0 1.3242 1.3315
7.0 1.3044 1.3101

 Internal Transmittance t i (l) vs. Wavelength l
Wavelength, Microns Internal Transmittance
0.2 0.95
0.5 0.97
1.0 0.97
3.0 0.97
5.0 0.97
6.0 0.91
7.0 0.54
8.0 0.12

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