Study of Magnesium Tartrate Crystals by Sol Gel Method

In the present study, single crystals of magnesium tartrate crystals were grown by using silica gel as a growth medium. These crystals were grown by simple sol gel technique using diffusion method. The optimum growth conditions for these crystals were optimized by varying various process parameters. The shiny white coloured and spherulitic morphology crystals grown within silica gel column were obtained. The crystalline nature of grown crystal was confirmed by using powder X-ray diffraction technique which shows that magnesium tartrate hydrate has crystallized in orthorhombic structure. The functional groups present in the crystals were identified by using FTIR analysis which shows that the presence of and bonds. The SEM study reveals that the morphology of the crystal having orthorhombic structures. The analysis of EDAX has shown the presence of Magnesium and Oxygen.