 
						Calcium fluoride shows good optical and thermo-mechanical properties. It is widely used as optical windows, lenses and prisms in 0.13μm~9.0μm. For its optical isotropy, low absorption and low refractive index. CaF2 has found unique advantages in high power laser andVU laser optics.
| Main Properties and Performance | |
| Transmission range (μm) | 0.13~9.0 | 
| Transmittance | >90% (0.3~7μm,3mm) | 
| Refractivity(5μm) | 1.39908 | 
| Expansion Coefficient (℃-1) | 18.85×10-6 | 
| Knoop hardness (kg/mm2) | 158.3(100) | 
| Elastic Coefficients | C11=164;C12=53;C44=33.7 | 
| Young’s modulus (GPa) | 75.79 | 
| Poisson’s ratio | 0.28 | 
| Solubility (g/100gH2O·20℃) | 0.0017 | 
| Cleavage plane | -111 | 
| Density(g/cm3) | 3.18 | 
| Melting Point(℃) | 1360 | 
VU laser optics.
 
          
