Coprecipitation of barium sulfate and barium carbonate at 80°C
The coprecipitation of two sparingly soluble compounds in the aqueous solution has been studied by means of electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction techniques, and the properties of the particles produced by the coprecipitation were discussed as an issue in crystal chemistry. In the present investigation the coprecipitation of barium sulfate and barium carbonate was studied. Both crystals belong to the orthorhombic system. The lattice constants of barium sulfate are ao=8.878, bo=5.450 and co=7.152 Å. Those of barium carbonate are ao=5.314, bo=8.902 and co=6.430 Å. The ratio of the lattice constants of barium sulfate is different from that of barium carbonate. In this investigation, the relation of the morphological properties of the particles with the crystallographic properties of the component compounds was discussed. As the particles became very small when the precipitation was carried out at room temperature, in the present investigation the coprecipitation was done at 80°C to produce larger particles to study the morphological properties of the particles.