The conductivity of single crystals of the solid solutions (table 27) was studied at temperatures of between 558K and the melting point. It was found that there was a good correlation between the phase diagram parameters and the conductivity. The solution which exhibited the highest conductivity also had the lowest solidus temperature.
O.Johannesen, M.McKelvy: Journal of the Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 1986, 47[3], 265-73
Table 27
Activation Energy for Ionic Conduction in KBr-KI Solid Solutions
Composition | Region | Q (eV) |
KBr | intrinsic | 2.04 |
KBr | extrinsic | 0.68 |
KBr0.795I0.205 | intrinsic | 1.89 |
KBr0.795I0.205 | extrinsic | 0.66 |
KBr0.593I0.407 | intrinsic | 1.86 |
KBr0.593I0.407 | extrinsic | 0.65 |
KBr0.447I0.553 | intrinsic | 1.85 |
KBr0.214I0.786 | intrinsic | 1.84 |
KBr0.214I0.786 | extrinsic | 0.63 |
KI | intrinsic | 1.88 |