Growth and characterization of K1-x(NH4)xH2PO4 mixed crystals onto z-cut point seeds

✍ Scribed by Zhong De-Gao; Teng Bing; Wang Shu-Hua; Jiang Xue-Jun; Li Ming; He Lin-Xiang; Huang Wan-Xia

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 186 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0232-1300
• DOI: 10.1002/crat.200900331

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Mixed crystals of potassium dihydrogen phosphate and ammonium dihydrogen phosphate were grown onto point seeds by the method of temperature reduction. It was found that the regeneration process of z‐cut point seeds became more and more difficult with increasing KH~2~PO~4~ concentration in the solution mixture. The interior stress and cracking of the mixed crystals were analyzed by synchrotron X‐ray topography. Large numbers of stress stripes were found at the seed and sectors boundaries. The lattice parameters of the pyramid and prismatic sectors of the prepared mixed crystal were calculated according to the X‐ray diffraction patterns. With solution containing 8 mol % KH~2~PO~4~, the lattice volumes of the prismatic sector of the mixed crystal were 1.3% larger than that of the pyramid sector of the crystal. Chemical etching revealed microcracks with length of hundreds of microns in the mixed crystals, which tended to spread and led to crystal cracking. (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)