Effect of Sm<sup>+</sup> Rare Earth Ion on the Structural, Thermal, Mechanical and Optical Properties of Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate Single Crystals

Effect of Sm⁺ Rare Earth Ion on the Structural, Thermal, Mechanical and Optical Properties of Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate Single Crystals

Sudhahar S.¹, Kumar M. Krishna¹, Jayaramakrishnan V.², Muralidharan R.³, Kumar R. Mohan^1,^*

Fig. 9. Hardness number HV vs load P of pure and Sm + ion doped KHP crystals.