- Crystalline copper
Single Crystal Copper (Crystalline Copper) is a subtype of high purity
copper metals . Other types includeelectrolytic copper , which however does not achieve same purity values as crystalline copper.Properties
Crystalline copper features a
single crystal structure, which comes from the fact that it is grown using theCzochralski process . Crystalline copper, grown as asingle crystal , has unique physical and chemical properties, such as considerably longer granules and absolute absence of gaseous impurities such as oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen. [ [http://www.polikorltd.com Polikor Ltd] , Manufacturer of ultra high purity oxygen-free single crystal copper, retrievedOctober 1 ,2006 ]The Ohno Continuous Casting (OCC) process [ [http://www.musicpoint.nl/Furutech/furutech_occ.htm Furutech] , Manufacturer of Pure Copper by Ohno Continuous casting, retrieved
October 1 ,2006 ] may also be used to obtain longer than usual granules, yet granules are much shorter than insingle crystal copper.References
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