Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2013

Metastable Zone Width, Growth, XRD and SHG Studies of L–alanine Alaninium Picrate (LAAP) Single Crystals

D. Shanthi, P. Selvarajan

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L–alanine is an amino acid which dissolves in water and it can react with other acids to form new compounds. In this work, L–alanine is mixed with picric acid to prepare L–alanine alaninium picrate (LAAP) salt. Solubility, metastable zone width and induction period for LAAP salt were measured at different supersaturation ratios. The critical nucleation parameters were evaluated based on the classical theory of homogeneous nucleation. Using the optimized nucleation parameters, single crystals of LAAP salt were grown by slow evaporation technique. XRD and SHG studies were carried out for the grown crystals of LAAP and the results are discussed.

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D. Shanthi, P. Selvarajan Metastable Zone Width, Growth, XRD and SHG Studies of L-alanine Alaninium Picrate (LAAP) Single Crystals Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VII July 2013

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