Crystallographic Phase Analysis of Anisotropic Cubic Halite Nanocrystal by X-ray Diffraction and Selected Area Electron Diffraction Pattern
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Crystallography, Halite, SAED, TEM, XRDAbstract
The structural geometry of crystalline granular powder halite was studied using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), which provided a detailed analysis of its crystal symmetry. Rietveld refinement confirmed that the powder consisted of 100 % crystalline halite phase with lattice parameters of a=b=c= 5.64244 Å, α=β=γ= 90.0 ° in a cubic crystal system. The concluded Na–Cl bond length is 3.98 Å. The strongest diffraction was observed at 2θ = 31.837° predominant (2 0 0) plane. Unique models were used to estimate crystallite size, with the size-strain plot model indicating an average size of 84.05 nm, which is anisotropic. The crystallographic analysis showed dislocation density 1.42×10⁻⁴ nm⁻², crystallinity index 1.96, atomic packing factor 63.60 %, unit cell density 2.16 g/cm³, and specific surface area 33.05 m²/g that provides insight into the symmetrical characteristics of halite. The microscopic view also revealed the cubic morphology of halite with uniform crystal growth.
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