English Explanatory Dictionary

Kyropoulos method

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A method of bulk crystal growth, involving a seed crystal dipped into molten alumina and slowly pulled and rotated to form a single large crystal.

Word forms

Kyropoulos method the Kyropoulos method

Etymology

Named after Spyro Kyropoulos, who proposed the technique in 1926.

Synonyms

Kyropoulos technique
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