The influence of X-rays of different wavelength on the degree of structural quality of K(Cl, Br) crystals of mixed composition
grown from aqueous solutions is considered. It is found by the methods of chemical etching, X-ray analysis, pycnometric density,
and atomic-force microscopy that X-ray irradiation leads to the formation of crystals with a more perfect substructure and
surface morphology and a decrease of the dislocation density and concentration of pores and cavities containing the mother
liquor. It is shown that X-ray irradiation can promote preferential incorporation of less electronegative components into
the crystal lattice of a solid solution.
PACS numbers 81.10.-h - 61.80.-x - 61.72.-y
Original Russian Text © V.M. Anishchik, N.G. Val’ko, V.V. Voĭna, A.S. Vorontsov, 2008, published in Kristallografiya, 2008,
Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 752–755.