CRYSTAL GROWTH: REACTED FLUX AND GEL METHOD

Abstract

The growing of single crystals of various substances has gained these days considerable concern and attention of several crystallographers. There are quite a few puzzling problems where research would benefit by the availability of the single crystals which have neither been grown at all or atleast not in the right form or with suitable size and sufficient purity. A wzde variety of crystal growth methods are in use today. The author is principally interested here to show that one can devise methods for crystal growth which can be performed in a small laboratory and without requiring exorbitant funds and equipment. The author presents in this article a detailed analysis of the chemically reacted flux method and also the gel method of crystal growth.