The experimental conditions for obtaining periodic crystallization of barium oxalate in silica hydrogel are investigated. The Liesegang tings formed by the reaction of oxalic acid and barium chloride are studied. The dependence of velocity constant and the spacing coefficient on pH, concentrations of inner and outer electrolytes and temperature have also been studied and a possible mechanism for the behaviour is suggested. The deviations from Isemura's general observations are interpreted by considering the microerystals constituting the rings and the irreversibility of inner and outer electrolytes.

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Microhardness characteristics of barium-cadmium oxalate crystals were undertaken using the indentation technique and the results there of are reported. The observed results were compared with the microhardness values of barium oxalate dihydrate and cadmium oxalate trihydrate crystals. The indentation induced cracks etched in 1N HC1 reveal the surface of the dislocation pattern arround indentation mark. The mixed crystals show higher values of microhardness than the components barium oxalate dihydrate and cadmium oxalate trihydrate crystals.

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