Abstract
This study reports a new habit for the hexadecanoic-acid crystal, which
was obtained using slow evaporation method from mixture of L-lysine
hydrochloride and hexadecanoic acid in ethanol solution. All the
morphological, structural, vibrational and thermal characteristics were
investigated through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray
diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) and Raman spectroscopy,
and differential scanning calorimetry techniques. The crystals were
grown with transparent thin blade-like shapes, as indicated by the SEM
images. From the spectroscopic analyses, we observed that
hexadecanoic-acid molecules within the unit cell have adopted all -trans
conformations between dimer groups formed through the hydrogen bonds,
thus indicating that during the growth process the crystal has acquired
a new habit which is different from those previously reported by
literature.
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