Crystal growth and characterization of Cd doped copper tartrate crystals in silica gel

Cd doped Copper tartrate crystals were grown by the ‘Single diffusion’ method in silica gel. In ‘gel growth technique’ the parameters of crystal growth such as pH and aging were optimized in this work. Concentration of cadmium chloride as outer reactant was also optimized. Using ’Powder X-Ray Diffraction ‘, the determined Orthorhombic crystal structure has volume 621.022080A3. Many peaks of maximum intensity match to that of copper tartrate crystal and XPS counts has shown presence of 0.02 % atomic weight of Cd doped into copper tartrate crystals. The Fourier transform infrared spectrum in the range 400–4,000 cm-1-was recorded to assign the vibrational bands to corresponding functional groups and bonds. It has confirmed the carboxyl as functional group and the other bonds between atoms. .X ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy has concluded paramagnetic nature and the presence of Cu2+ ion and also the presence of carboxyl group by its binding energy peak.