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