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- CERTIFICATE
- DECLARATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- 1 CRYSTAL GROWTH: A GENERAL REVIEW
- 1.1 lntroduction
- 1.2 Theory of Nucleation
- 1.3 Theories of Crystal Growth
- 1.4 Methods of Crystal Growth
- References
- 2 RARE EARTH OXALATE CRYSTALS AND GEL GROWTH
- 2.2.1 Cerium oxalate, cerium lanthanum oxalate and cerium neodymium
- 2.3 Oxalate Crystals and Gel Growth
- 2.4 History of Crystal Growth in Gels
- 2.5 Different Types of Gel
- 2.6 Silica Hydro Gel
- 2.7 Gels as Diffusion Media
- 2.8 Different Categories of Gel Growth
- References
- 3 THE GROWTH KINETICS
- 3, 2 Preparation of Gel
- 3.4 Growth of Cerium Oxalate Crystals
- 3.5 Growth of Cerium Lanthanum Oxalate Crystals
- 3.6 Growth of Cerium Neodymium Oxalate Crystals
- 3.7 A Comparative Study of the Growth Kinetics of CeOx, CeLaOx andCeNdOx Crystals
- 3.8 Conclusion
- References
- 4 CHARATERISATION
- 4.2 X-ray Powder Diffractometry (XRD)
- 4.2.2 X-ray powder diffractogram
- 4.3 Infrared spectroscopy
- 4.4 Thermal Analysis
- 4.5 Energy-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry
- 4.6 Microhardness
- 4.7 Optical absorption and emission studies
- 4.8 Magnetic property
- References
- 5 MORPHOLOGY AND DISLOCATION STUDIES
- 5.2 Crystal Morphology
- 5.3 Surface Morphology and Growth Mechanism
- 5.4 Dislocation Studies
- 5.5 Conclusions
- References
- 6 GENERAL CONCLUSION
- 6.2 Growth Process
- 6 3 Characterisation
- 6.5 Scope for Further Studies