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Studies of Bridgman-grown lead-tin-telluride (PbSnTe) and mercury-cadmium-telluride (HgCdTe) axial and radial composition profiles are presented. For PbSnTe, both profiles were investigated for several tin-telluride initial compositions, for direct and inverted Bridgman configurations, and under high gravity conditions. Axial and radial profiles investigations were also carried out for HgCdTe. The results indicate that the radial composition homogeneity in both semiconductor alloys was enhanced by convection.
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Chen, Y.A., Salgado, E.G., Silva, C.R.M., Bandeira, I.N. (1997). The Influence of Convection on Axial and Radial Composition Profiles in PbSnTe and HgCdTe. In: Regel, L.L., Wilcox, W.R. (eds) Centrifugal Materials Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5941-2_11
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