scholarly journals Electrical Conductivity of Fluorite and Fluorine Conduction

Minerals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanyong Liu ◽  
Qiao Zhu ◽  
Xiaozhi Yang

Fluorine is a species commonly present in many minerals in the Earth’s interior, with a concentration ranging from a few ppm to more than 10 wt. %. Recent experimental studies on fluorine-bearing silicate minerals have proposed that fluorine might be an important charge carrier for electrical conduction of Earth materials at elevated conditions, but the results are somewhat ambiguous. In this investigation, the electrical conductivity of gem-quality natural single crystal fluorite, a simple bi-elemental (Ca and F) mineral, has been determined at 1 GPa and 200–650 °C in two replication runs, by a Solartron-1260 Impedance/Gain Phase analyzer in an end-loaded piston-cylinder apparatus. The sample composition remained unchanged after the runs. The conductivity data are reproducible between different runs and between heating-cooling cycles of each run. The conductivity (σ) increases with increasing temperature, and can be described by the Arrhenius law, σ = 10^(5.34 ± 0.07)·exp[−(130 ± 1, kJ/mol)/(RT)], where R is the gas constant and T is the temperature. According to the equation, the conductivity reaches ~0.01 S/m at 650 °C. This elevated conductivity is strong evidence that fluorine is important in charge transport. The simple construction of this mineral indicates that the electrical conduction is dominated by fluoride (F−). Therefore, fluorine is potentially an important charge carrier in influencing the electrical property of Fluorine-bearing Earth materials.

1987 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Wood ◽  
D. Emin ◽  
R. S. Feigelson ◽  
I. D. R. Mackinnon

ABSTRACTMeasurements of the electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient and Hall mobility from -300 K to -1300 K have been carried out on multiphase hotpressed samples of the nominal composition B6Si. In all samples the conductivity and the p-type Seebeck coefficient both increase smoothly with increasing temperature. By themselves, these facts suggest small-polaronic hopping between inequivalent sites. The measured Hall mobilities are always low, but vary in sign. A possible explanation is offered for this anomalous behavior.


1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Osterkamp ◽  
K. Kawasaki ◽  
J. P. Gosink

Variations in the electrical conductivity of a soil and water system with temperature and salt concentration suggest that a soil containing hot and/or saline groundwater may be expected to have a higher conductivity compared to a cooler and/or less saline system. Temperature and conductivity surveys were carried out at Pilgrim Springs, on the Seward Peninsula, and at Chena Hot Springs, near Fairbanks, to test the use of a magnetic induction method (which measures electrical conductivity) for delineating near-surface hot groundwater sources in geothermal areas surrounded by permafrost. Comparison of the temperature data and conductivity data from these surveys demonstrates that the conductivity anomalies, as measured by the magnetic induction method, can be used to define the precise location of hot groundwater sources in these geothermal areas with the higher temperatures correlating with higher values of conductivity. Magnetic induction measurements of conductivity can also be used to define the lateral extent of the thawed geothermal areas (used for calculating the stored energy) in permafrost terrain. The utility of these magnetic induction measurements of conductivity for reconnaissance geophysical surveys of geothermal areas is that a much greater density of data can be obtained in a shorter time in comparison with shallow temperature measurements. In addition, it is simpler, cheaper and easier (physically) to obtain the data. While conductivity anomalies can result from other than hot and/or saline groundwater, these conductivity data, when coupled with a few measured temperature profiles and groundwater samples, should result in reliable reconnaissance level geophysical surveys in Alaskan geothermal areas.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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John Satherley

<p>This thesis is concerned with the measurement and interpretation of electrical conductivity in molten silicates. Physicochemical properties and structural models of silica and silicates are reviewed first, to give a general picture of their behaviour. Electrical conductivity was measured as a function of temperature, pressure and water composition. To make these measurements an internally heated pressure vessel, designed to operate at temperatures up to 1200 degrees C and pressures up to 5 kbars was constructed. Conductivity measurements were made on the following anhydrous and hydrous silicate melts: SiO2/Na2O 60/40, 65/35, 75/25, 78/22 mol%; SiO2/Na2O/CaO 72/24/4 mol%; Mt. Erebus lava; SiO2/Na2O 78/22 mol% + ~5 wt% H2O and Mt. Erebus lava + ~4 wt% H2O in the temperature range 850-1000 degrees C and the pressure range 0-1.3 kbar. Arrhenius temperature and pressure dependencies on conductivity were observed. The pressure coefficient of conductivity was zero for the anhydrous melts well above Tg but small and positive for the hydrous silicates. Water caused ~40% reduction in conductivity when added to a melt which was accounted for in terms of the mixed alkali effect. Conductivity isobars for the hydrous silicates passed through a maximum as a function of increasing temperature. The conductivity behaviour as a function of temperature and pressure is analogous to that observed in partially ionised liquids and is intrepretated in an identical way. The range of operation of a piezoelectric alpha-quartz crystal viscometer was extended to allow measurement of viscosity as a function of temperature.</p>


Author(s):  
Н.П. Степанов ◽  
В.Ю. Наливкин ◽  
А.К. Гильфанов ◽  
А.А. Калашников ◽  
Е.Н. Трубицына

Solid solutions Bi2Te3-Sb2Te3 continue to be the subject of numerous and versatile experimental studies due to their practical importance for thermoelectric materials science. In this regard, the problem of studying the regularities of changes in the state of the electronic system of these semiconductors from composition and temperature remains urgent. This paper presents the results of studying the temperature dependences of the magnetic susceptibility of Bi2Te3-Sb2Te3 crystals containing 10, 25, 40, 50, 60 mol. % Sb2Te3. The correlation of the behavior of the temperature dependences of the magnetic susceptibility and electrical conductivity is analyzed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2057 (1) ◽  
pp. 012041
Author(s):  
V I Valiullina ◽  
A I Mullayanov ◽  
A A Musin ◽  
L A Kovaleva

Abstract Experimental studies of the gravitational deposition of a polydisperse water-in-oil emulsion under heat influence are carried out. When the rate of thermal convection exceeds the rate of precipitation, partial delamination of the emulsion is found to occur. The viscosity of the dispersion medium decreases with increasing temperature, which contributes to an increase in the deposition rate of water droplets in the emulsion. In the presence of a temperature difference, convective flows occur in the liquid, while the drops of the emulsion coagulate and form larger agglomerates that settle faster to the bottom of the cell.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan A Amin

We report here structural, electrical and dielectric properties of ZnO varistors prepared with two different particle sizes for initial starting oxides materials (5 µm and 200 nm). It is found that the particle size of ZnO does not influence the hexagonal wurtzite structure of ZnO, while the lattice parameters, crystalline diameter, grain size and Zn-O bond length are affected. The nonlinear coefficient, breakdown field and barrier height are decreased from 18.6, 1580 V/cm and 1.153 eV for ZnO micro to 410 V/cm, 7.26 and 0.692 eV for ZnO nano.  While, residual voltage and electrical conductivity of upturn region are increased from 2.08 and 2.38x10-5 (Ω.cm)-1 to 4.55 and 3.03x10-5 (Ω.cm)-1. The electrical conductivity increases by increasing temperature for both varistors, and it is higher for ZnO nano than that of ZnO micro.  The character of electrical conductivity against temperature is divided into three different regions over the temperature intervals as follows; (300 K ≤ T ≤ 420 K), (420 K ≤ T ≤ 580 K) and (580 K ≤ T ≤ 620 K), respectively. The activation energy is increased in the first region from 0.141 eV for ZnO micro to 0.183 eV for ZnO nano and it is kept nearly constant in the other two regions. On the other hand, the average conductivity deduced through dielectric measurements is increased from 2.54x10-7 (Ω.cm)-1 for ZnO micro to 49x10-7 (Ω.cm)-1. Similar behavior is obtained for the conductivities of grains and grain boundaries. The dielectric constant decreases as the frequency increases for both varistors, and it is higher for ZnO nano than that of ZnO micro. These results are discussed in terms of free excited energy and strength of link between grains of these varistors.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingyang Hu ◽  
Mingqiang Hou ◽  
Yu He

&lt;p&gt;At planetary interior conditions, water ice has been proved to enter a superionic phase recently since it was predicted about 30-year ago. Hydrogen in superionic water become liquid-like, and move freely within solid oxygen lattice. Under extreme pressure and temperature conditions of Earth&amp;#8217;s deep mantle, the solid-superionic transition can also occur readily in the pyrite-type FeO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;Hx, a candidate mineral in the lower mantle and probably also in other hydrous minerals. We find that when the pressure increases beyond 73 GPa at room temperature, symmetric hydroxyl bonds are softened and the H&lt;sup&gt;+&lt;/sup&gt; (or proton) become diffusive within the vicinity of its crystallographic site. Increasing temperature under pressure, the diffusivity of hydrogen is extended beyond individual unit cell to cover the entire solid, and the electrical conductivity soars, indicating a transition to the superionic state which is characterized by freely-moving proton and solid FeO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; lattice. The superionic hydrogen will dramatically change the geophysical picture of electrical conductivity and magnetism, as well as geochemical processes of hydrogen isotopic mixing and redox equilibria at local regions of Earth&amp;#8217;s deep interiors.&lt;/p&gt;


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidong Dai ◽  
Haiying Hu ◽  
Jianjun Jiang ◽  
Wenqing Sun ◽  
Heping Li ◽  
...  

In this paper, we present the recent progress in the experimental studies of the electrical conductivity of dominant nominally anhydrous minerals in the upper mantle and mantle transition zone of Earth, namely, olivine, pyroxene, garnet, wadsleyite and ringwoodite. The main influence factors, such as temperature, pressure, water content, oxygen fugacity, and anisotropy are discussed in detail. The dominant conduction mechanisms of Fe-bearing silicate minerals involve the iron-related small polaron with a relatively large activation enthalpy and the hydrogen-related defect with lower activation enthalpy. Specifically, we mainly focus on the variation of oxygen fugacity on the electrical conductivity of anhydrous and hydrous mantle minerals, which exhibit clearly different charge transport processes. In representative temperature and pressure environments, the hydrogen of nominally anhydrous minerals can tremendously enhance the electrical conductivity of the upper mantle and transition zone, and the influence of trace structural water (or hydrogen) is substantial. In combination with the geophysical data of magnetotelluric surveys, the laboratory-based electrical conductivity measurements can provide significant constraints to the water distribution in Earth’s interior.


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