ISSN:
1572-8927
Keywords:
Conductance
;
Debye-Hückel approximations
;
mean spherical approximations
;
Gurney-Fiedman models
;
alkali halides
;
ionic association
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract Starting from hierarchy of diffusion equations for the distribution functions in coordinate space, the general theory of conductance is developed and applied to Gurney-Friedman models for ion-ion interactions. The interaction potentials used consist of a hard core with Pauling radii and a Gurney cosphere with a steplike interaction law converging to the Coulomb law outside the Gurney sphere. For the simplest case of step potentials explicit formulas for the conductivity are given. For higher concentrations an integral equation corresponding to the mean-spherical approximation in equilibrium is proposed. The theory is compared with experimental data for 17 alkali halide electrolytes by fitting the Gurney parameters. It is shown that the variant of the theory which includes the feedback of the relaxation and electrophoretic forces describes also the data for associating 2-2 electrolytes.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00646809
