Crystal growth and structure of KBi(WO4)2 single crystals

✍ Scribed by Huidong Xie; Dezhong Shen; Chengzhi Xie; Xiaoqing Wang; Guangqiu Shen

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 336 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0232-1300
• DOI: 10.1002/crat.200610705

✦ Synopsis

Potassium bismuth tungstate [KBi(WO 4 ) 2 ] single crystals have been grown by the top-seeded solution growth technique. Bulk crystal with dimensions up to several centimeters is obtained for the first time. Several selfflux systems have been used for the growth from the solution and the experiments using K 2 W 2 O 7 as a solvent are detailed. Powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction of this crystal are reported. The structure refinement shows that KBi(WO 4 ) 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c, with a=10.837(3), b=10.586(3), c=7.622(2)Å, β=130.860(3)°, V=661.4(3)Å 3 , and Z=4.