A new project in our research group is the development of an educational teaching lab centered on solid state synthesis. Many modern materials are synthesized by solid state techniques. It is our aim to develop a teaching lab which will cover many aspects of solid state synthesis which can be completed during two three hour lab sections. This allows for the first week to focus on preparing the reactions, while the second week will be focused on characterization of the synthesized materials. Also the two week time frame allows for the reaction to be completed over 1 weeks’ time. One of the reaction conditions we wish for the students to explore is the influence a flux can have on the reaction. This poster will discuss the optimal reaction stoichiometry, reaction temperature program, and amount of NaCl-KCl flux used to produce the highest quality single crystals. Samples will be characterized by optimal microscopy, FTIR, and X-ray single crystal structures.

Solid state synthesis of copper sulfide using a NaCl-KCl flux

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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