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Formula: LiF
Form: Single Crystal
Material: Lithium Fluoride
CAS Number: 7789-24-4
Commodity: Compounds
Thickness: 1mm
Diameter: 5mm

Lithium Fluoride Single Crystal

Lithium Fluoride Single Crystal is renowned for its exceptional optical transparency over a wide spectral range, extending from vacuum ultraviolet through the infrared, coupled with high radiation resistance and chemical stability. These characteristics make it indispensable in precision optics and radiation-sensitive environments. Primary applications include high-performance optical components such as windows, prisms, and lenses in spectroscopic instruments, high-energy laser systems, and space telescopes, where material stability under extreme radiation and temperature variations is critical. Lithium Fluoride Single Crystal is also used in photonics and detector technologies, including nuclear track detectors and optical waveguides. Specific technologies that benefit include cryogenic space-based instruments like the James Webb Space Telescope, high-power mid-infrared lasers, and radiation dosimetry systems. Its importance in research stems from enabling breakthroughs in photonics, materials science, and space instrumentation, where transparency, durability, and precise optical performance are essential. In both industrial and scientific contexts, Lithium Fluoride Single Crystal is a foundational material driving innovation in advanced optics and radiation-hardened systems.

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