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M. Ribet era!. / Growth defects in isomorphous Ba(N0
3)2 and Sr(N03)2 crystals 339
(11,)
a
b
Fig. 7. (a) Topograph of a (110) slice cut out of Sr(N03)2 crystal IV; pd = 7; MoK~111 reflection. (b) Topograph nfa (001)
slice cut out of Sr(N03)2 crystal III; pd = 7; MoKo; 111 reflection.
f1 defects show that lattice distortions exist be- or {4, 1, 0} for Pb(N03)2. The cube faces are
tween different parts grown from the same cubic built up of an oscillatory repetition of such faces.
growth front. So, these defects can be considered In consequence, successive subsectors boundaries
as lineages, a name proposedby Buerger [28] for between (kOl) and (kOi) faces could be expected.
all such grains whose orientations descend contin- The same mechanism which is clearly visible with
uoushy from the same parent nucleus but whose large dye molecules could be realized on a small
mutual orientation may differ. The term lineages scale with atoms like Ba for Sr(N03)2 crystals, Ba
can cover defects fromvarious origins [29,30] such being the major impurity in that case. In order to
as subsectors, growth twins, segregation of impuri- verify this hypothesis, growths from mother liquid
ties leading even to intergrowth of different species containing various amounts of Ba are to be per-
like quartz in feldspar crystals [311.In our case, a formed. A completely different explanation for these
review of the literature concerning the series of iso- f-defects is related to the very small deviation from
morphous nitrates shows that none of the possible the centrosymmetry attributed to the NO3 groups.
origins just mentioned can be excluded. Impurities The NO3 groups build flat pyramids [6] with the 0
such as methylene blue [32] are strongly adsorbed atoms in the {11 l} planes: so N atoms could occu-
on the cubic faces, but not homogeneously: the faces py two positions energetically equivalent on each
are striated parallel to the cubic axes. This striation side of the basal plane. It can be understood that
is due to aset ofvicinal faces: {I6, 1, 0} forBa(N03)2 the NO3 groups are better oriented on fill } faces
340 51. Ri/tel ci a!. / Grant/i defects in isaniorphaus BaINO
3)2 and Sr(N03)2 cristals
ion
a
(100)
~ -_- ~ 1
lip. 8. Topograph ofa (((It)) slice cut out of Sr(N03)2 crystal EEI:pd = 7; MoKa: (a) III reflection: (Ii) 200 reflection
than on f100} faces; orderdisorder phenomena graph is due to numerous surface defects created by
should be sensitive to temperature rises there, but polishing which is niore difficult for Ba(N03)2 than
X-ray topographs at 185Cshowno modification of for Sr(N03)2. The most striking growth defects are
these defects, inclusion lines (I) along the growth front indicating
than the flux of matter was not sufficient at the end
of the growth; few dislocations (d) start from these
5. Growth defects observed in Ba(N03)~ inclusions or from the seed (not seen on this plate).
But contrary to Sr(N03)2, whichis grown under sini-
Fig. 10 presents a (110) plate cut out of a ilar conditions, this crystal presents no growth band,
Ba(NO3)2 crystal. The granula aspect of this topo- no strain at the growth sectors boundaries, and no
M. Ribet eta!. / Growth thfccts in isornorphous Ba(NO
3)2 and Sr(N03)2 crystals 341
Fig. 9. Topograph of the same part of a (110) slice cut out ofSr(N03)2 crystal III: (a) AgKn 200 reflection: (b) AgKo 111 reflec-
lion; (c) AgKcs 222 reflection.
f-defect. This fact can be attributed to the size dif- the growth front leads to growth bands; on the con-
ference of the two ions: Sr
2~andBa2~.In the case of trary, Sr can be incorporated in Ba(N0
3)2 crystals
Sr(N03)2, the mother solutions always contain Ba without large lattice distorsion. Growth experiments
as a major impurity which cannot be incorporated with Ba-free solutions of Sr(N03)2 are now in prog-
without lattice deformation, so its segregation along ress in order to verify this hypothesis.
342 11 Ri/ic! ci a! / Growth defects in is0010rp/ioos /la(N0
3)2 and Sr(N03)2 crtstal
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