THE GROWTH OF SILVER WHISKERS BY REDUCTION OF SILVER HALOGENIDES

Authors
VARLEVA S NANEV K NANEV C
Citation
S. Varleva et al., THE GROWTH OF SILVER WHISKERS BY REDUCTION OF SILVER HALOGENIDES, Crystal research and technology, 28(4), 1993, pp. 441-448
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Crystal research and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02321300
Volume
28
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
441 - 448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0232-1300(1993)28:4<441:TGOSWB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
By reduction of silver halogenides with hydrogen according to Brenner' s method, silver whiskers were grown. Their investigation by contempor ary techniques suggests that the driving force for their growth is the strongly enhanced capillary pressure in the silver halogenide droplet s at the tip of the whiskers. leading to accelerated decomposition of this salt.