Accession Number:

AD0861227

Title:

Growth of Single Crystals of Silver Iodide.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL WEAPONS CENTER CHINA LAKE CA

Personal Author(s):

• Hills, Marian E.

Report Date:

1969-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

A new technique for the growth of silver iodide crystals from solution was developed. The solubility of silver iodide in a potassium iodide solution is a function of the iodide concentration. A lowering of the iodide concentration results in a lowering of the silver iodide solubility. In the new technique, the vapor phase transport of solvent technique, the concentration of iodide in a KI-AgI-H2O solution is gradually reduced by slow dilution with water from the vapor phase. The resulting silver iodide crystals are pale yellow polyhedra several millimeters on an edge. Author

Descriptors:

• *CRYSTAL GROWTH)
• (*SILVER COMPOUNDS
• IODIDES
• SOLUTIONS(MIXTURES)
• CONCENTRATION(CHEMISTRY)

Subject Categories:

• Crystallography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE