Tour the Crystal Laboratory at LLNL

Dr. Zaitseva, the scientist that developed this rapid growth technology conducted a tour of the laboratory for the San Ramon Valley School District officials that are supporting this collaboration with LLNL-STEP. These photos take you on a tour of her laboratory facilities. Click on the image to start the tour and you will see a larger picture. If you have QuickTime click here to can take a virtual tour of the large crystal growth laboratory. If you want to take the virtual tour, but you do not have QuickTime, follow this link to down load QuickTime 4 for either Mac or Windows systems.

   

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Using crystals to teach chemistry.
The microscope used to examine the crystal structure.

How crystals are grown. KDP crystal weighing 500 pounds and 50 cm on each side.

What students can learn from growing crystals. How the crystals are used in NIF.

A 10 pounder! Teachers can learn to grow KDP crystals.


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