“…The flame-fusion method (1, 2), Czochralski method (2,3), flux method (1-3), growth from the vapor phase (1,3), chemical vapor deposition (CVD) (4), gradient furnace technique (5), and edge-defined film-fed growth (6) are the principal techniques for the growth of these crystals. Detailed investigations of perfection of crystals grown by a n u m b e r of these techniques have been made by using the etch pit method (7)(8)(9), decoration method (10), electron microscopy (11)(12)(13). LEED (14), and x -r a y diffraction topography (8,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19).…”