CLYC Crystals (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

CLYC Crystals

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CLYC crystals grown in on Earth often contain imperfections such as inclusions (left), cracks (middle) and grain boundaries (right). The goal is to understand their formation without the interference of convection to improve crystal growth on Earth.

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Alexei Churilov

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