The object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing low oxygen-containing
potassium fluorotantalate crystals or low oxygen-containing potassium fluoroniobate
crystals, the crystals obtained by the production method, and a method of analyzing
oxygen contained in these crystals.
The method of producing low oxygen-containing potassium fluorotantalate crystals
comprises generating recrystallized potassium fluorotantalate crystals by controlled
cooling of a saturated solution of potassium fluorotantalate containing hydrofluoric
acid as an essential component, collecting the generated recrystallized crystals
through filtration, and drying the collected recrystallized crystals in a drying
apparatus so as to obtain the crystals, and the production method is characterized
in that the saturated solution of potassium fluorotantalate containing hydrofluoric
acid as an essential component contains hydrofluoric acid in a concentration of
0.5 mol/l to 10 mol/l.