EFFECT ON FT-IR SPECTROSCOPY OF II GROUP OXALATE CRYSTALS GROWN BY GEL TECHNIQUE

As the gel medium prevents the turbulence and helps the formation of good crystal this gel technique has gained considerably. Staring from the agar gel solution, observed the growth mechanism of II group oxalate such as Barium oxalate and optimize the growth parameters. In the single diffusion, for different growth parameters, the platy, prismatic and needle shape· transparent barium oxalate crystals were observed but no such result was observed by changing the reactant and supernatant. The double diffusion increase the size of barium oxalate but there is no change in the morphology of crystals with respect to those were observed by single diffusion. The FT-IR techniques were used to characterize the gel grown barium oxalate crystals.