Research Article
N. S. Patil, S. K. Bachhav and
Abstract
In the present investigation, Calcium Cadmium Tartrate crystals were grown in silica gel at ambient temperature. The doping effect of Calcium ion in Cadmium Chloride solution on the size and transparency of Cadmium Tartrate crystal are presented in this paper. The crystals have been synthesized by controlled diffusion of Cadmium Chloride into Gel with Tartaric acid at room temperature. The Calcium ions enhance the size of transparency of the doped crystals. The optimum conditions were established by varying various parameters such as pH of gel solution, gel concentration, gel setting time, concentration of reactants etc. Crystal having different morphology were obtained, whitish semitransparent, star shaped, needle shaped crystal of Calcium-Cadmium Tartrate were obtained. The crystal structure of the compound was confirmed by powder X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscope (SEM), and Energy Dispersive Analysis by X-ray (EDAX).