## 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 zβcut point seeds became more and more difficult with increasing KH~2~PO~4~ concentration
Growth and thermal studies on pure ADP, KDP and mixed K1-x(NH4)xH2PO4 crystals
β Scribed by P. Shenoy; K. V. Bangera; G. K. Shivakumar
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0232-1300
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β¦ Synopsis
The investigations on the formation of mixed crystals of ammonium dihydrogen orthophosphate (ADP) and potassium dihydrogen orthophosphate (KDP) i.e. potassium ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, K 1-x (NH 4 ) x H 2 PO 4 have been presented in this paper. Pure and mixed crystals of ADP and KDP have been grown by slow evaporation technique from the supersaturated solution at an ambient temperature 26Β±1 Β°C for ammonium concentration x in the range 0.0 β€ x β€ 1.0 in the case of mixed crystals. Crystal compositions were determined by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy and chemical analysis. The results of the X-ray analysis of the grown crystals are also reported. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) were used to study the kinetic process of dehydration and the high temperature phase behaviour. DTA showed the distinct thermal events attributed to dehydration of ADP, KDP and K 1-x (NH 4 ) x H 2 PO 4 . The results of thermal analysis and chemical analysis are consistent with each other.
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Mixed crystals of K 1-x (NH 4 ) x H 2 PO 4 (KADP) were grown from KDP (KH 2 PO 4 ) dominated mixed solutions with varying molar proportion of ADP (NH 4 H 2 PO 4 ) addition. It was found that, as the increase of ADP molar concentration, the growth rate along z-axis of KADP crystal decreased rapidly.
Mixed crystals of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and potassium dihydrogen phosphate K 1-x (NH 4 ) x H 2 PO 4 were grown from aqueous solutions with x = 0.06, 0.09, 0.15, 0.32, 0.42, 0.51, 0.63, 0.70, 0.76, 0.78, 0.84, 0.88, 0.89 and 0.91. The crystal composition that differs from solution was estimat