Abstract
A systematic study of the solubility of Nd:RVO4 has been carried out. As the Nd:RVO4 compounds did not have any solubility data under hydrothermal conditions, the solvents are selected on the basis of the empirical formula and it was found that Nd:RVO4 shows good solubility essentially in the acidic solvents. The resultant products obtained are essentially fine crystalline mass without any morphology. Attempts are made to use the mixed acid mineralizers because the use of a single acid solvent with a varying molarity did not substantially enhance the solubility. The solubility measurements are carried out by the weight loss method. The problems encountered by melt and flux techniques are completely eliminated by using the hydrothermal technique. Rare earth vanadates usually exhibit pseudo-cubic, rhombohedral, and prismatic habits, and the introduction of the hexagonal and rectangular plate-like habit through careful controlling of the growth parameters has been successful.
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