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Growth of lanthanum tartrate crystals in silica gel

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Abstract

The spherulitic, dendritic and single-crystal growth of hydrated lanthanum tartrate by controlled diffusion in silica gels is reported. The influence of growth parameters, e.g. reactant concentrations, gel pH, gel ageing, on the size and nucleation density of crystals has been studied. Operative mechanisms of crystallization, results of growth kinetics and morphology of crystals are discussed. The adsorption property of the gel is found to play a vital role during the crystallization of lanthanum tartrate crystals, Parabolic kinetics, characteristic of a one-dimensional diffusion-controlled process, for single crystals is observed to be obeyed in case of variation of upper reactant concentration.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Jammu, 180001, Jammu, India

    P. N. Kotru, N. K. Gúpta & K. K. Raina

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Kotru, P.N., Gúpta, N.K. & Raina, K.K. Growth of lanthanum tartrate crystals in silica gel. J Mater Sci 21, 90–96 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01144704

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