Growth and Characterization of Struvite Crystals in Silica Gel Medium and Its Nucleation Reduction Process
Corresponding Author(s) : P. SUNDARAMOORTHI
sundara78@rediffmail.com
Asian Journal of Chemistry,
Vol. 19 No. 4 (2007): Vol 19 Issue 4
Abstract
Urinary stone disease is one of the common diseases in the human history. The prevention of urinary stone formation lies in the exact identification of urinary stone constituents. Struvite is one of the frequently occurring constituents of urinary stone due to infection of urinary tract and urine. Struvite crystals were grown by SMS gel technique and effect of sunlight on growth was studied. Characterization studies like XRD, FTIR, TGA/DTA, AAS, SEM and etching were performed and the results analyzed.
Keywords
Urolithiasis
Biological crystal
Struvite
Gel growth
SUNDARAMOORTHI, P., & KALAINATHAN, S. (2010). Growth and Characterization of Struvite Crystals in Silica Gel Medium and Its Nucleation Reduction Process. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 19(4), 2783–2791. Retrieved from https://asianpubs.org/index.php/ajchem/article/view/13379
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