found: Work cat.: Schroeder, B. Surface modification enhanced semiconductor-on-insulator heteroepitaxy, 2000:abstr. (The growth of CaF₂ on silicon poses few problems and is currently well understood. However, due to a strong chemical reaction and a large difference in surface energies, the growth of silicon on CaF₂ presents many challenges.)
found: McGraw-Hill dict. sci. tech. terms, c1989(Calcium fluoride, CaF₂. Colorless, cubic crystals that are slightly soluble in water and soluble in ammonium salt solutions; used in etching glass and preparing hydrofluoric acid)
found: Academic Press dict. of sci. and tech., via WWW, July 9, 2001(calcium fluoride: Inorganic Chemistry. CaF₂, a colorless to white powder that occurs in nature as fluorite or fluorspar; used in etching glass, lasers, and electronic spectroscopy)
found: Amer. Heritage dict. of the Engl. lang., c2000(calcium fluoride: a colorless powder, CaF₂, used in emery wheels, carbon electrodes, and cements)
found: LC database, July 9, 2001(subj. hdgs.: Calcium fluoride; Calcium fluoride crystals)