Glass growth

The drive shaft and bowl assembly are designed to function under water in the temperature bath. Supported above the water are the drive motor, I, timing belt and pulleys, H, the speed controller, J, and upper section of the chain drive housing, K. The use of a glass water bath and glass growth chamber permits the operator to see the crystal in motion. With submillimeter seeds, the initial rotation rate is several rpm and can be increased as needed. 

A fiat glass growth chamber (approx. 2 mm thick) to ensure homogeneous illumination of the bacterial culture. 

X Zhu, BR Stoner, BE Williams, JT Glass. Growth and characterization of diamond films on nondiamond substrates for electronic applications. Proc IEEE 79 621, 1991. 

The development of the principles of nucleation and growth eady in the twentieth century (2) ultimately led to the discovery that certain nucleating agents can induce a glass to crystallize with a fine-grained, highly uniform microstmcture that offers unique physical properties (3). The first commercial glass-ceramic products were missile nose cones and cookware. 

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