Methods of crystallographically reorienting single crystal bodies
US7972196B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB24B49/12
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of changing the crystallographic orientation of a single crystal body is disclosed that includes the steps of characterizing a crystallographic orientation of the single crystal body and calculating a misorientation angle between a select crystallographic direction of the single crystal body and a projection of the crystallographic direction along a plane of a first exterior major surface of the single crystal body. The method further includes removing material from at least a portion of the first exterior major surface to change the misorientation angle.
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