The conductivity was measured as a function of pressure. It was shown that the activation volume increased appreciably with increasing temperature and decreased with increasing pressure (table 13). The large increase in the activation volume as a function of temperature was attributed to the onset of a gradual transition to a solid electrolyte phase.

B.E.Mellander, D.Lazarus: Physical Review B, 1984, 29[4], 2148-52

 

 

Table 13

Activation Volumes of AgBr as a Function of Pressure and Temperature

 

Temperature (C)

Pressure (GPa)

V (cm3/mol)

350

0.1

18.8

400

0.1

31.2

350

0.2

17.4

400

0.2

23.8

430

0.2

25.9

350

0.3

15.5

400

0.3

22.1

430

0.3

24.9

450

0.3

25.4

350

0.4

13.6

400

0.4

20.3

430

0.4

23.7

450

0.4

23.7

350

0.5

13.1

400

0.5

18.8

430

0.5

23.4

450

0.5

22.7

470

0.5

33.0

400

0.6

16.5

430

0.6

18.4

450

0.6

20.7