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Collection:
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Collection
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Collection
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Name of Image:
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Vapor Crystal Growth International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1)
Name_of_Image
Vapor Crystal Growth International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1)
Name of Image
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Full Description:
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Vapor Crystal Growth System developed in IML-1, Mercuric Iodide Crystal grown in microgravity FES/VCGS (Fluids Experiment System/Vapor Crystal Growth Facility). During the mission, mercury iodide source material was heated, vaporized, and transported to a seed crystal where the vapor condensed. Mercury iodide crystals have practical uses as sensitive X-ray and gamma-ray detectors. In addition to their excellent optical properties, these crystals can operate at room temperature, which makes them useful for portable detector devices for nuclear power plant monitoring, natural resource prospecting, biomedical applications, and astronomical observing.
Full_Description
Vapor Crystal Growth System developed in IML-1, Mercuric Iodide Crystal grown in microgravity FES/VCGS (Fluids Experiment System/Vapor Crystal Growth Facility). During the mission, mercury iodide source material was heated, vaporized, and transported to a seed crystal where the vapor condensed. Mercury iodide crystals have practical uses as sensitive X-ray and gamma-ray detectors. In addition to their excellent optical properties, these crystals can operate at room temperature, which makes them useful for portable detector devices for nuclear power plant monitoring, natural resource prospecting, biomedical applications, and astronomical observing.
Full Description
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Date of Image:
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1992-02-21
Date_of_Image
1992-02-21
Date of Image
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Category:
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Microgravity
Category
Microgravity
Category
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(MRPO) MRD-SPD Discipline(s):
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Materials Science
(MRPO)_MRD-SPD_Disci pline(s)
Materials Science
(MRPO) MRD-SPD Discipline(s)
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(MRPO) Subject Type:
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Hardware
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Hardware
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term:
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Microgravity
Keywords
Microgravity
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term:
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Science
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term:
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Vapor Crystal Growth
Keywords
Vapor Crystal Growth
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facet_what:
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Mercury
facet_what
Mercury
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facet_where:
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Mercury
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Mercury
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facet_where:
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
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Reference Number:
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
Reference_Number
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
Reference Number
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MIX #:
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9250123
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NIX #:
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MSFC-9250123
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MSFC Negative Number:
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9250123
MSFC_Negative_Number
9250123
MSFC Negative Number
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UID:
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SPD-MARSH-9250123
UID
SPD-MARSH-9250123
UID
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original url:
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original_url
original url
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