Crystal Growth of Conductive Platinum Complex, K1.49[Pt(C2O4)2].H2O, in a Rotating Electrolytic Cell - Its Electrical Conduction Property and the Gravitational Effect

Abstract

Partially oxidised bis (oxalato) Platinate potassium salt was crystallized by 1) aerial oxidation, 2) electrochamical oxidation in a standing still cell, 3) electrochemical oxidation in a rotating cell. The temperature dependence of d.c. electrical conductivitiy was measured for the obtained single crystals and their results were analyzed applying one-dimensional conductor parameters are related with the ways of crystal growth and a reduced interchain interaction is obtained through a rotating electrochamical cell.