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Appl Opt. 2016 Feb 20;55(6):1481-9. doi: 10.1364/AO.55.001481.

Magnetorheological finishing of chemical-vapor deposited zinc sulfide via chemically and mechanically modified fluids.

Applied optics

Sivan Salzman, Henry J Romanofsky, Lucca J Giannechini, Stephen D Jacobs, John C Lambropoulos

PMID: 26906603 DOI: 10.1364/AO.55.001481

Abstract

We describe the anisotropy in the material removal rate (MRR) of the polycrystalline, chemical-vapor deposited zinc sulfide (ZnS). We define the polycrystalline anisotropy via microhardness and chemical erosion tests for four crystallographic orientations of ZnS: (100), (110), (111), and (311). Anisotropy in the MRR was studied under magnetorheological finishing (MRF) conditions. Three chemically and mechanically modified magnetorheological (MR) fluids at pH values of 4, 5, and 6 were used to test the MRR variations among the four single-crystal planes. When polishing the single-crystal planes and the polycrystalline with pH 5 and pH 6 MR fluids, variations were found in the MRR among the four single-crystal planes and surface artifacts were observed on the polycrystalline material. When polishing the single-crystal planes and the polycrystalline with the modified MR fluid at pH 4, however, minimal variation was observed in the MRR among the four orientations and a reduction in surface artifacts was achieved on the polycrystalline material.

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