Comments on the paper: An extensive investigation on nucleation, growth parameters, crystalline perfection, spectroscopy, thermal, optical, microhardness, dielectric and SHG studies on potential NLO crystal Ammonium Hydrogen L-tartarte

TL;DR

This paper critically reviews a study on ammonium hydrogen L-tartrate, highlighting issues in its characterization methods and providing a detailed critique of the original research's experimental approach.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive critique of the characterization techniques used in the original study on ammonium hydrogen L-tartrate.

Findings

Identifies gaps and inaccuracies in the original characterization data.

Provides detailed analysis of the synthesis process and its limitations.

Highlights the need for more rigorous characterization methods.

Abstract

The authors of the title paper report to have grown ammonium hydrogen L-tartrate (1) by use of L-glutamine and L-tartaric acid in 1:1 mole ratio. Many points of criticism pertaining to the characterization of 1 are described herein.