Xiaoxue Sun, Yuzhu Sun, Jianguo Yu
Apr 1, 2015
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Crystal Research and Technology
Abstract
A single‐crystal structure of aluminum sulfate hexadecahydrate (Al2(SO4)3·16H2O) was captured with a polarizing microscope. The structure was similar to a hexagonal plate and consistent with the predicted morphology derived from the modified AE model. An octagonal plate morphology was first obtained in a vacuum but was transformed into hexagonal plate‐like when the effect of the solvent with two disappearing {1 1 0} and {1 0 −1} faces was considered.