CRYSTAL GROWTH AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES ANIZOTROPY OF α-NiSO4×6H2O

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https://doi.org/10.15421/jchemtech.v32i4.316209

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growth from solutions, optical transmission spectra, thermal analysis, band gap, X-ray diffraction

Abstract

α-NiSO4×6H2O single crystal was grown by slow evaporation technique and characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, differential thermal analysis, UV-Vis–NIR, FTIR, and atomic absorption spectroscopy methods. Combination of differential thermal analysis, X-ray powder diffraction and atomic absorption spectroscopy indicates a purity and phase homogeneity of grown α-NiSO4×6H2O crystal. The crystal structures of α-NiSO4×6H2O was refinement by Rietveld method. The calculated lattice parameters are: a = 6.8000 Å, c = 18.3161 Å, Z=4, space group P41212. Four plane-parallel plates with different orientation were prepared. The orientation of the obtained plane-parallel plates was determined by XRD and are as follows: (301), (001), (320) and (204). The optical characteristics – transmittance and optical energy gap of the crystal plates were determined. All the crystal plates are characterized by higher transmittance values in the UVB range than in the VIS and NIR. The transmittance of single crystal plates decreases in the order (204) > (301) > (320) > (001). The band gap Eg values were determined by Tauc equation. Obtained Eg are in the range of 6.43–6.47 eV.

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