Zinc Selenide (ZnSe)


Application fields: IR optics; scintillator; substrates; modulators
Density:  5.264 g/cm3
Hardness: 105 kg/mm2
Flexural Strength (4pt bending): 7,500 psi
Young’s Modulus: 10.2 Mpsi
Poisson Ratio: 0.28
Coef. of Thermal Expansion: 7.1´10-6/K
Specific Heat: 0.339 J/gK
Thermal conductivity: 0.16 W/cmK
Dielectric Constant: 8.976
Max. Transmittance (l =2.5-15 mm): ³ 70.5 %
Absorption Coef. (l =10.6 mm): (1-2)´10-3 cm-1 (including 2 surfaces)
Damage threshold (l =10.6 mm): ³ 100 kWt/cm2
Thermo-Optic Coef. (dn/dT): 6.1 ( l =10.6 mm)
Refractive index (l =10.6 mm): 2.4
Electrooptical coefficient r41 (l =10.6 mm): 2.2´10-12 m/V
g-radiation tolerance dose: > 106 J/kg

Transmittance spectra


 


 

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