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Solidification of NaCl–LiF–\(\hbox {CaF}_{2}\) ternary composites

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The purpose of this work is to refine the microstructure of eutectic halides, candidates to polaritonic metamaterials, through the directional solidification of ternary compositions. NaCl–LiF–\(\hbox {CaF}_{2}\) ternary composites have been solidified using Bridgman and micro-pulling-down techniques at pulling rates from 3 to 300 mm/h for the first time. The interparticle spacing is 12% smaller for this composition than for the binary fibrous NaCl–LiF eutectic. Conditions for solidification and growth in order to generate ternary aligned microstructures are discussed. The very small amount of melt remaining in the mixtures until \(580\,^{\circ }\hbox {C}\) is probably the consequence of solid solubility of LiCl in NaCl and the formation of the reciprocal salt pairs, as in NaCl–LiF. However, it does not prevent the solidification of homogenous ternary microstructures.

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Acknowledgements

Authors would like to acknowledge the financial support by EU under the Project NMP4-SL-2008-213669-ENSEMBLE and MAT2013-41045R. MFA acknowledges Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (Spain) for the FPU scholarship. R. Gotor from ICMA is acknowledged for his assistance in sample preparations. MFA and RIM would like to acknowledge the use of Servicio General de Apoyo a la Investigación-SAI, Universidad de Zaragoza.

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  1. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, C/ Pedro Cerbuna, 12, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain

    María F. Acosta & Rosa I. Merino

  2. Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ), Max-Born-Str. 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    Steffen Ganschow & Detlef Klimm

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Acosta, M.F., Merino, R.I., Ganschow, S. et al. Solidification of NaCl–LiF–\(\hbox {CaF}_{2}\) ternary composites. J Mater Sci 52, 5520–5530 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-0814-2

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