The properties of non-sintered pellets of the high ionic conductivity phase were measured at temperatures greater than 146C by using a frequency of 10GHz. It was found that the presence of grain boundaries reduced the conductivity by an order of magnitude (table 221).
D.C.Dube, A.K.Saraswat: Journal of Applied Physics, 1982, 53[10], 7095-6
Table 221
Ionic Conductivity of Non-Sintered AgI Pellets at 160C
Packing Fraction (%) | σ (S/cm) |
72 | 0.044 |
62 | 0.076 |
86 | 0.084 |
92 | 0.088 |
100 | 0.112 |