Abstract
        Thiourea single crystals were grown from sulphuric acid solution by solvent evaporation technique. The structure of the crystals is identified as orthorhombic by single crystal X-ray diffraction technique. The molecular structure with functional group and band absorption spectrum are observed by using FTIR and UV-Vis spectrometer respectively. The mechanical hardness is performed on the grown crystals by Vicker’s microhardness study and the results reveal that the crystals are mechanically hard..
        Keywords
        Solution growth, Single crystal XRD, FTIR, UV-Vis, Microhardness, Vicker’s hardness test.
        Citation
        S. SURENTHERABABU, P. RAJASEKARAN, Growth and characterization of thiourea single crystal from sulphuric acid solutions, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 7-8, July-August 2012, pp.768-770 (2012).
        Submitted at: April 10, 2012
 
        Accepted at: July 19, 2012