Application of Classical Thermodynamics to Conductivity in Nonpolar Media: Experimental Confirmation

J Phys Chem B. 2018 Jan 25;122(3):1223-1227. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b09061. Epub 2018 Jan 8.

Abstract

We previously proposed ( Gourdin-Bertin , S. and Chassagne , C. J. Chem. Phys. 2016 , 144 ( 24) ) a simple theoretical model to account for the evolution of conductivity with dielectric permittivity in nonpolar media. In this article, we validate the theory experimentally for the case of an ionogenic species kept at a constant chemical potential (i.e., in equilibrium with a nondissolved salt, in contrast to previously published conductivity measurements carried out as a function of various fully dissolved salt concentrations). To our knowledge, it is the first time that this type of experiment has been performed explicitly.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't