Growth rate and effects of doping sodium in potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) solution have
been studied in crystals grown by solution evaporation and slow cooling methods. The crystals were grown in a
KDP solution doped with different concentrations of sodium ions. The rates of growth along the thickness and width
of the crystals were independent of sodium incorporation into the grown crystals and dependent on temperature
reduction by a factor of 10. The concentration of sodium in the crystals (C
s) measured by ICP and the concentrations
of sodium in the KDP solution (C
l) showed C
s/C
l to be constant.
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