Crystal growth and characterization of a new co-ordination complex—barium tetrakis(maleate) dihydrate

Growth and Studies of Properties of Copper Succinate Dihydrate Single Crystals

“…The silica gel was set by acidification of sodium metasilicate by succinic acid so that the pH of the solution was brought to the desired value. [16][17][18] After setting the gel, copper chloride solution was poured over the gel surface along the sides of the test tube, without disturbing the gel. Since the gel is semisolid in nature, a semisolid-liquid interface was created and the cations from the supernatant solution diffused into the gel in a precisely controlled manner through the fine pores in the gel.…”

Growth, Characterization and Dielectric Property Studies of Zinc Succinate Crystals Grown in Silica Gel Medium

“…Reagent grade sodium metasilicate powder was dissolved in double distilled water and the resultant solution was filtered out. After making this solution at a particular specific gravity, the gel was set by acidification of sodium metasilicate solution by succinic acid so that the pH of the solution was brought to the desired value [12][13][14] . This mixture was taken in glass tubes of internal diameter 18 mm and length 150 mm and kept idle for gelation.…”

Growth, Structure and Physical Properties of Tetraaqua Bismaleatocobalt (II) Crystals

“…Conventional solution growth techniques seem unsuitable in yielding device grade crystals of metal maleates. Recently, we have resorted to the method of controlled diffusion of ionic species in hydrosilica gel medium and obtained strain free, optical quality crystals of barium maleate [15]. Here, we report the growth of prismatic crystals of cobalt maleate by the above method.…”