Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Synthesis of Polycrystalline GGG by Carbonate Co-precipitation Method for Crystal Growth

PIAO Xian-Qing; LIU Jing-He; SUN Jing   

  1. Material Department; Changchun University of Science and Technology; Changchun 130022; China
  • Received:2003-10-30 Revised:2003-12-11 Published:2004-11-20 Online:2004-11-20

Abstract: Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) precursor was synthesized by a co-precipitation method using ammonium
hydrogen carbonate as precipitator. TG-DTA and IR spectra indicated that the precursor was alkaline and the weight loss during calcination was
28.06%. The results of XRD analysis indicated that the polycrystalline powder was well-crystallized after calcination at 1000℃C for 3h.
Compared with the solid-state reaction, the carbonate co-precipitation had the merits of short reaction period, well-crystallization, low calcining
temperature, and less volatilization. As a result, the volatilization and disproportion of Gd2O3 and Ga2O3 could be well controlled
during crystal growth and the optical quality of single crystal was also improved.

Key words: Gd3Ga5O12, co-precipitation, polycrystalline charge, carbonate

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