Provided is a supergravity directional solidification melting furnace equipment, including a supergravity test chamber and, mounted in the supergravity test chamber, a high-temperature heating subsystem, a crucible, and an air-cooling system. The supergravity test chamber is mounted with a wiring electrode and a cooling air valve device. The high-temperature heating subsystem is fixed in the supergravity test chamber. The crucible and the air cooling system are provided in the high-temperature heating subsystem. The high-temperature heating subsystem includes upper, middle, and lower furnaces, a mullite insulating layer, upper and lower heating cavity outer bodies, upper and lower heating furnace pipes, and a crucible support base. A high-temperature heating cavity is divided into upper and lower parts, is provided therein with a spiral groove, and is fitted with a heating element. The crucible support base is provided therein with a vent pipe channel into which a cooling air is introduced. The crucible and the air cooling system include air inlet and exhaust pipes, a cooling base, a cooling rate adjustment ring, the crucible, and an exhaust cover.

A mixed member of SiC and Si, the mixed member being formable without using a resin as a medium irrespective of its shape. To achieve the object, a feature of the mixed member of SiC and Si (SiC/Si mixed member) lies in that a SiC member (filler) in a chip form or powdery form is dispersed in a Si member (base material) having a polycrystalline structure. Further, the SiC/Si mixed member with such a feature can be configured such that a SiC coating layer is formed on a surface of the SiC/Si mixed member.

The present invention relates to an orthogonal-phase compound and its nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal of BaGa.sub.7Se.sub.7, its producing method and uses thereof. Polycrystalline orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 was prepared by a high-temperature solid-phase reaction in a sealed silica tube. Large size single crystals of orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 could be prepared by the flux method or Bridgman method. BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 crystallizes in the point group mm2. Orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 has a powder second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of about 5 times that of AgGaS.sub.2 and is phase-matchable. The orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 is non-hygroscopic and has good mechanical properties, which makes it easy to cut, polish, and coat by normal processing. The orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 crystal has never been cracked during cutting and polishing. The orthogonal-phase compound and NLO crystal of BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 can be used as NLO devices.

The present invention relates to an orthogonal-phase compound and its nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal of BaGa.sub.7Se.sub.7, its producing method and uses thereof. Polycrystalline orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 was prepared by a high-temperature solid-phase reaction in a sealed silica tube. Large size single crystals of orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 could be prepared by the flux method or Bridgman method. BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 crystallizes in the point group mm2. Orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 has a powder second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of about 5 times that of AgGaS.sub.2 and is phase-matchable. The orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 is non-hygroscopic and has good mechanical properties, which makes it easy to cut, polish, and coat by normal processing. The orthogonal-phase BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 crystal has never been cracked during cutting and polishing. The orthogonal-phase compound and NLO crystal of BaGa.sub.4Se.sub.7 can be used as NLO devices.

The present disclosure discloses a shell mold chamber, a foundry furnace and a method for casting single crystal, fine crystal and non-crystal, which employ the technique of asynchronous-curving supercooling, and belongs to the technical field of precise casting apparatuses. Such a three-function foundry furnace includes a heating coil winding, a first thermal-shield assembly, a first superconducting coil, a second thermal-shield assembly and a second superconducting coil; and the first superconducting coil is provided at an inside of the first thermal-shield assembly, and the second superconducting coil is provided at an inside of the second thermal-shield assembly; and directions of a magnetic field generated by the first superconducting coil and a magnetic field generated by the second superconducting coil are opposite; and the first superconducting coil and the heating coil winding form a forward-directional static-magnetic-field heating zone, and the second superconducting coil forms a reverse-directional static-magnetic-field zone.

Inorganic halides (e.g., inorganic halide scintillators) of the general formula A.sub.3B.sub.2X.sub.9, including inorganic halides comprising thallium monovalent cations and/or combinations of different halides, are described. Radiation detectors including the inorganic halide scintillators and methods of using the detectors to detect high energy radiation are also described. In some cases, the scintillators can include a gadolinium cation, a boron cation, a lithium cation, a chloride ion, or combinations thereof and the scintillator can be used to detect neutrons.

The invention relates to a scintillation material of rare earth orthosilicate doped with a strong electron-affinitive element and its preparation method and application thereof. The chemical formula of the scintillation material of rare earth orthosilicate doped with the strong electron-affinitive element is: RE.sub.2(1−x−y+δ/2)Ce.sub.2xM.sub.(2y−δ)Si.sub.(1−δ)M.sub.δO.sub.5. In the formula, RE is rare earth ions and M is strong electron-affinitive doping elements; the value of x is 0<x≤0.05, the value of y is 0<y≤0.015, and the value of δ is 0≤δ≤10−4; and M is selected from at least one of tungsten, lead, molybdenum, tellurium, antimony, bismuth, mercury, silver, nickel, indium, thallium, niobium, titanium, tantalum, tin, cadmium, technetium, zirconium, rhenium, and gallium Ga.

A biomedical implant (16, 18) is formed from magnesium (Mg) single crystal (10). The biomedical implant (16, 18) may be biodegradable. The biomedical implant (16, 18) may be post treated to control the mechanical properties and/or corrosion rate thereof said Mg single crystal (10) without changing the chemical composition thereof. A method of making a Mg single crystal (10) for biomedical applications includes filling a single crucible (12) with more than one chamber with polycrystalline Mg, melting at least a portion of said polycrystalline Mg, and forming more than one Mg single crystal (10) using directional solidification.

A biomedical implant (16, 18) is formed from magnesium (Mg) single crystal (10). The biomedical implant (16, 18) may be biodegradable. The biomedical implant (16, 18) may be post treated to control the mechanical properties and/or corrosion rate thereof said Mg single crystal (10) without changing the chemical composition thereof. A method of making a Mg single crystal (10) for biomedical applications includes filling a single crucible (12) with more than one chamber with polycrystalline Mg, melting at least a portion of said polycrystalline Mg, and forming more than one Mg single crystal (10) using directional solidification.

Methods for purifying reaction precursors used in the synthesis of inorganic compounds and methods for synthesizing inorganic compounds from the purified precursors are provided. Also provided are methods for purifying the inorganic compounds and methods for crystallizing the inorganic compounds from a melt. γ and X-ray detectors incorporating the crystals of the inorganic compounds are also provided.