Crystal Research and Technology
Cryst. Res. Technol. 42, 424 (2007) - Abstract -

Experimental and theoretical study of recovery mechanism of impurity effect by the addition of EDTA

Y. Asakuma, M. Nishimura, M. Kimura, H. M. Ang*, M. O. Tade*, K. Maeda, and K. Fukui

Department of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2201 Shosha Himeji 671-2201, Japan
*Department of Chemical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia

Keywords EDTA, KDP crystal, impurity effect, recovery mechanism
PACS 81.10.Aj, 81.10.Dn, 77.84.Fa
DOI 10.1002/crat.200610842

The impurity effect by trivalent metal ion such as Al3+, Fe3+ and Cr3+ during crystal growth of KDP is reasonably well documented. If a metal ion is adsorbed onto the crystal surface, it prevents the step propagation relevant to the crystal growth rate. However, this impurity adsorption mechanism is still not well understood. Recently, in our work on the addition of chelate agents, a recovery effect of the metal ion adsorption was discovered. However, its recovery mechanism is not clearly understood both theoretically and phenomenally. In this research, ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid, EDTA, which is the most common chelate agent, was used as a recovery agent. The recovery mechanism was considered from the correlation of experimental data and the interfacial distribution model that we proposed in our former study. Furthermore, quantum calculation of EDTA metal complex can explain the relaxation of impurity adsorption by the addition of EDTA.




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