PREPARATION AND ANTIBACTERIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MIXED CRYSTALS OF TUTTON’S SALT (NH4 )KZn(SO4 )2 •6H2O
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Mixed crystals of the Tutton’s salt family with general chemical formula (NH4 )KxZn(1-x)(SO4 )2·6H2O were grown by employing slow evaporation solution growth technique. The major aim of the study was to develop an efficient antibacterial for preventing the spread of new diseases. The coexistence of potassium and zinc ions in the mixed crystals were characterized by different instrumental techniques such as X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The crystal structure had been affirmed by XRD and the pattern was discovered to be in the middle of ammonium zinc sulfate hexahydrate (AZSH) and potassium zinc sulfate hexahydrate crystals (KZSH). The study confirmed that ammonium potassium zinc sulfate hexahydrate (AKZSH) crystal belongs to monoclinic space group P21/a. FT-IR spectral analysis was done to study the vibrational bands of AKZSH crystal and assigned the modes of vibration to different functional groups. In addition, antibacterial activity of the crystal was analyzed using agar welldiffusion method. The antibacterial activity of methanol and aqueous extracts of AKZSH were investigated against selected human pathogens such as Escherichia coli (gram-negative) and Streptococcus sp (gram-positive). It is evident from the results that, the gram-positive strain was found to be more sensitive than the gram-negative strain with excellent and long-term antibacterial activity.
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D, B., & Jisha, V. (2021). PREPARATION AND ANTIBACTERIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MIXED CRYSTALS OF TUTTON’S SALT (NH4 )KZn(SO4 )2 •6H2O . Journal of Advanced Scientific Research, 12(02 Suppl 1), 111-116. https://doi.org/10.55218/JASR.s12021122sup124
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