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Spiral growth of potassium bichromate crystals
Author(s) -
Szurgot M.,
Sangwal K.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
crystal research and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.377
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1521-4079
pISSN - 0232-1300
DOI - 10.1002/crat.2170171104
Subject(s) - hillock , spiral (railway) , potassium , aqueous solution , chromium , crystallography , materials science , chemistry , mineralogy , metallurgy , composite material , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Some observations of growth spirals and hillocks on {001} surfaces of potassium bichromate crystals grown from aqueous solutions are presented and discussed. It is shown that a spiral pattern in fact represents a macrospiral developed as a result of the cooperative action of a group of dislocations.