The invention provides a method for growing
thallium bromide monocrystal by
spontaneous nucleation, comprising the following steps of: 1) filling a
thallium bromide material into a cylindrical
ampoule with
diameter of 8 to 15mm, vacuumizing, sealing, and
processing one end of the
ampoule into a cone with the cone angle between 15 and 45 degrees; 2) placing the
ampoule into a
vertical tube furnace with the conical end towards the bottom of the furnace, heating the
vertical tube furnace to enable the temperature of the
thallium bromide material in the conical tip not to be lower than the
melting point of thallium bromide, raising the temperature from the conical tip upward to the inside of a top area of the thallium bromide material with the
temperature gradient between 1.0 and 1.5 DEG C / mm, and then, insulating; 3) reducing the temperature of the
tube furnace to between 450 and 460 DEG C at the speed between 1 and 5 DEG C / h; and 4) cooling the ampoule to
room temperature along with the furnace. Because a heater and the ampoule are not required to be moved, the invention saves the complicated
mechanical transmission device, simplifies the technology and reduces cost. The ampoule and the heater are both fixed, the temperature field is stable, heat inside the
crystal and molten
mass is uniformly distributed, a convex growth interface can be easily acquired, and the thallium bromide with good integrity and considerable size can be grown.