Fractional stokes-einstein law for ionic transport in liquids

  • A. Voronel
  • , E. Veliyulin
  • , V. Sh Machavariani
  • , A. Kisliuk
  • , D. Quitmann

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Abstract

Our extended electrical conductivity and viscosity measurements have revealed a general fractional power relation between them in pure and mixed ionic melts: σTα(T/η)m (m = 0.8 ± 0.1 for all melts) where η is a shear viscosity of a melt. This relation has been observed in 9 orders of magnitude range of viscosity for the well known ionic melt Ca2K3(NO3)7. This fractional interdependence is considered to be a macroscopic manifestation of a basic difference in elementary mechanisms of charge and momentum transport in ionic melts.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2630-2633
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume80
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

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