polycrystalline
IPA: pɑɫikrˈɪstʌɫaɪn
adjective
- Composed of an aggregate of very small crystals in random orientations
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Examples of "polycrystalline" in Sentences
- Tetragonal polycrystalline zirconia.
- Everyday ice is a polycrystalline material.
- A method for etching polycrystalline silicon.
- Potential for use of polycrystalline silicon.
- A layer of polycrystalline silicon is formed thereover.
- Polycrystalline silicon was the former name of this page.
- It is only available as a polycrystalline powder, however.
- A polycrystalline support is then formed on the dielectric layer.
- The layers are primarily polycrystalline but partially amorphous.
- The filling of the trenches is completed with polycrystalline silicon.
- The main raw material in a solar cell, polycrystalline silicon, is made in the U.S. and exported to China.
- ELA solar car equipped with Sharp polycrystalline residential solar cells will be the lead car in the 2nd Sotokoto Safari Marathon on May 23, 2010 in Nairobi.
- This is especially the case with downstream tools such as polycrystalline diamond drills, which cost between GBP800 and GBP1600 depending on the version chosen.
- The two main focuses of Taiwan's solar energy industry are that its energy conversion rates of 15-16% for polycrystalline silicon poly-Si solar cells are lower than international levels of 17%, and self-sufficiency of poly-Si is low, the sources indicated.
- A number of different sensors have been developed, based on triggers that include direct DNA damage, the inactivation of bacterial spores and bacteriophages, photochemical reactions involving vitamin D photosynthesis, and the accumulation of polycrystalline uracil.
- The other thing is the basic technology, it's called polycrystalline silicon; and although there are competitive methodologies for making solar cells, namely thin film and various types of mirrors that rotate and track or concentrate sunlight, it still looks like the poly is the material of choice because it's so mature with about 65\% of the total solar market.