A modified Bridgman method for growing cadmium telluride is described. This method controls the composition of the melt, and thus the solid, by controlling the pressure of one of the components of cadmium telluride () over the melt. The theory of equilibrium between solid‐liquid‐gas for this system indicates that the liquid acts only as a transferring medium between gas and solid. Thus the system may be treated as a gas‐solid system with respect to defect chemistry. The synthesis and purification of is described in detail, and empirical results for producing large single crystals are given. Crystals grown by this system are compared with the defect chemistry presented by de Nobel.