Preparation of Samarium Doped Calcium Hydrogen Phosphate and Study of Its Density and Thermal and Dielectric Characteristics

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Conditions</td><td align="center">Optimum value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Density of sodium metasilicate solution</td><td align="center">1.04 gm/cm<sup>3</sup></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Concentration of phosphoric acid</td><td align="center">0.5 M</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Concentration of calcium chloride</td><td align="center">0.9 M</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Concentration of samarium nitrate</td><td align="center">0.1 M</td></tr><tr><td align="left">pH of the gel</td><td align="center">5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Gel ageing time</td><td align="center">72 hrs</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Temperature</td><td align="center">Room temperature</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Period of growth</td><td align="center">5 weeks</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Optimum conditions for the growth of samarium doped calcium hydrogen phosphate (Sm:CHPD) crystals.

Indian Journal of Materials Science

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Table 2: Preparation of Samarium Doped Calcium Hydrogen Phosphate and Study of Its Density and Thermal and Dielectric Characteristics 