Conductivity measurement

The cell constant can be measured if conductivity of a standard solution, k, is well known and conductance of the solution, L, can be precisely measured. One of the common standard solutions is KCl(aq). At a concentration of 0.01 mol L , the conductivity equals 0.140823 S m at 25°C and 0.127303 S m at 2(fC (both at an ambient pressure of 1 bar) [Chapter 10, Table 10.9]. The cell constant can now be found as follows  

FIGURE 3.17 Schematic of experimental conductivity measurement setup. 

The common conductivity measurement procedure includes the following main requirements  

The test solutions should be free of CO2 and other impurities. 

H+(aq) and OH (aq) ions should be taken into account in precise estimations of conductivity. 

The conductivity of a polymer electrolyte is an important parameter. This section addresses electrochemical conductivity techniques for the study of SPEs. The different types of conductivity are discussed, followed by an outline of the features, applicability and validity of direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) conductivity measurements. Techniques for the identification of the individual species responsible for conduction are then briefly reviewed. 

Consider a polymer electrolyte of the type P MX (where P is the structural repeat unit of the polymer chain and n is the stoichiometric ratio of structural repeat units to formula units of salt MX). Furthermore, assume that the valences of M and of X are plus one and minus one, respectively. An average value of the electrical conductivity can be obtained by measuring the AC conductivity of P MX between two inert electrodes and with an inert gas passing over the sample. Alternatively, four probes can be used and the IR drop is measured between the two inner probes (see Fig. 1.2). 

However, both of these conhgurations leave the chemical potentials of M and X ill defined. It is known that the partial conductivities may be decisively affected by the M/X ratio, which will be established by fixing the chemical potentials. Because of this, it is preferable to fix the M/X ratio by fixing the chemical potential of one of the two constituents, as shown schematically in Fig. 1.3. 

2 Schematic diagram of electrodes used to measure the AC conductivity of P MX either by the two-probe or four-probe technique. The chemicai potentiais in the polymer electrolyte are not defined. 

3 Schematic diagram of eiectrodes used to fix the M/X ratio in a soiid poiymer eiectroiyte, P MX (a) eiectrodes of the parent metai, M (b) eiectrodes of an aiioy, MN, in which N is inert (c) eiectrodes of porous piatinum with a coexisting partiai pressure of X2 gas. 

Among the various interesting and useful properties of the new class of polymers, their switchable electrical conductivity has proven the most attractive to the community of chemists and physicists, and so it is understandable that these polymers are called conducting polymers. Much effort has been spent on measurements of their electrical conductivity and on determinations of the factors that affect its value [44,113,119,124,151,213,314,327,328,344,345,393 17]. The use of the conventional ex situ dc four-point method [44,393,398,399] or the ac impedance technique in a metal [polymer metal sandwich arrangement [119,124,410] for measurements of the conductivity of dry polymer samples is straightforward. However, the conductivities of dry polymers are affected by humidity and any gas present. Indeed, this is the property that is utilized in gas sensors. Conductivity can also be measured in situ, i.e., under controlled electrochemical and chemical conditions [151,394,395,397,400,402,406,408,417]. 

Of course, the situation is somewhat more complicated due to the potential- and time-dependent exchange of ions and solvent molecules. However, the kinetics of the charging and chemical processes as well as the relaxation phenomena can be 

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Hydration and solvation have also been studied by conductivity measurements these measurements give rise to an effective radius for the ion, from which a hydration number can be calculated. These effective radii are reviewed in the next section. 

Hamilton D C, Mitchell A C and Nellis W J 1986 Electrical conductivity measurements in shock compressed liquid nitrogen Shock M/aves in Condensed Matter (Proc. 4th Am. Phys. Soc. Top. Conf.) p 473... 

The rates of reaction of phenacyl bromide with thiosemicarbazide and its phenylated derivative were determined by conductivity measurements in ethanol (517). The reaction is second order up to 85% completion. The activation energies are 10.5 to 11.3 kcal/mole with the phenyl thiosemicarbazide and 8.5 to 9.3 kcal/mole for the unsubstituted derivatives. 

Laquer, F. C. Quality Control Charts in the Quantitative Analysis Laboratory Using Conductance Measurement, ... 

The hydrolysis of BF occurs stepwise to BF OH, BF2 (OH)2, and BF(OH)3. By conductivity measurements the reaction of boric acid and HF was found to form H[BF2(OH)] [15433-40-6] rapidly subsequentiy HBF formed much more slowly from HBF OH. These studies demonstrate that BF is... 

Monofluorophosphoric Acid. Monofluorophosphoric acid (1) is a colorless, nonvolatile, viscous Hquid having practically no odor. On cooling it does not crystallize but sets to a rigid glass at —78°C. It has a density of = 1.818 g/mL. Little decomposition occurs up to 185°C under vacuum but it caimot be distilled. An aqueous solution shows the normal behavior of a dibasic acid the first neutralization point in 0.05 N solution is at pH 3.5 and the second at pH 8.5. Conductance measurements, however, indicate H2PO2F behaves as a monobasic acid in aqueous solution (59). The... 

Table 4 lists the specifications set by Du Pont, the largest U.S. producer of DMF (4). Water in DMF is deterrnined either by Kad Fischer titration or by gas chromatography. The chromatographic method is more rehable at lower levels of water (<500 ppm) (4). DMF purity is deterrnined by gc. For specialized laboratory appHcations, conductivity measurements have been used as an indication of purity (27). DMF in water can be measured by refractive index, hydrolysis to DMA followed by titration of the Hberated amine, or, most conveniendy, by infrared analysis. A band at 1087 cm is used for the ir analysis. 

Both the polymers are dark in color and exhibit semiconductivity and paramagnetism. The electric conductivity measurements are performed on peUets and on thin films in sandwich and surface ceUs. 

Ash and Inorganic Constituents. Ash may be measured gravimetdcaHy by incineration in the presence of sulfudc acid or, more conveniendy, by conductivity measurement. The gravimetric result is called the sulfated ash. The older carbonate ash method is no longer in use. Ash content of sugar and sugar products is approximated by solution conductivity measurements using standardized procedures and conversion factors. 

Figures 5 and 6 present the electrical conductivity of sulfuric acid solutions (51,52). For sulfuric acid solutions in the 90—100% H2SO concentration range, the electrical conductivity measurements reported by Reference 52 are beheved to be the best values other conductivity data are also available...

The concentration of dissolved ionic substances can be roughly estimated by multiplying the specific conductance by an empirical factor of 0.55—0.9, depending on temperature and soluble components. Since specific conductance is temperature dependent, all samples should be measured at the same temperature. Alternatively, an appropriate temperature-correction factor obtained by comparisons with known concentrations of potassium chloride may be used. Instmments are available that automatically correct conductance measurements for different temperatures. 

Conductometric Analysis Solutions of elec trolytes in ionizing solvents (e.g., water) conduct current when an electrical potential is applied across electrodes immersed in the solution. Conductance is a function of ion concentration, ionic charge, and ion mobility. Conductance measurements are ideally suited tor measurement of the concentration of a single strong elec trolyte in dilute solutions. At higher concentrations, conduc tance becomes a complex, nonlinear func tion of concentration requiring suitable calibration for quantitative measurements. 

Fractional crystn was more effective than fractional distn from Drierite in purifying nitromethane for conductivity measurements. [Coetzee and Cunningham J Am Chem Soc 87 2529 7965.] Specific conductivities around 5 x 10 ohm em were obtained. 

Figure 14-9 also shows a flowchart for analysis of wet and dry precipitation. The process involves weight determinations, followed by pH and conductivity measurements, and finally chemical analysis for anions and cations. The pH measurements are made with a well-calibrated pH meter, with extreme care taken to avoid contaminating the sample. The metal ions Ca, Mg, Na, and are determined by flame photometry, which involves absorption of radiation by metal ions in a hot flame. Ammorda and the anions Cl, S04 , NO3 , and P04 are measured by automated colorimetric techniques. 

For a quick estimate of total dissolved solids (TDS) in water one can run a conductivity measurement. The unit for the measurement is mhos/cm. An mho is the reciprocal of an ohm. The mho has been renamed the Sieman (S) by the International Standard Organization. Both mhos/cm and S/cm are accepted as correct terms. In water supplies (surface, well, etc.) conductivity will run about 10 S/cm or 1 iS/cm. 

When a voltage is applied to a dielectric (insulator), a current passes that decays with time owing to various polarization mechanisms [ 133]. Conductivity is always time-dependent. This general time dependency affects conductivity measurement for nonconductive liquids, where the peak initial current is used to calculate conductivity. Test methods are given in 3-5.5 and... 

Recently, Dinwiddie et al. [14] reported the effects of short-time, high-temperatme exposures on the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity of CBCF. Samples were exposed to temperatures ranging from 2673 to 3273 K, for periods of 10, 15, and 20 seconds, to examine the time dependent effects of graphitization on thermal conductivity measured over the temperature range from 673 to 2373 K. Typical experimental data are shown in Figs. 7 and 8 for exposure times of 10 and 20 seconds, respectively. The thermal conductivity was observed to increase with both heat treatment temperature and exposure time. 

The above measurements all rely on force and displacement data to evaluate adhesion and mechanical properties. As mentioned in the introduction, a very useful piece of information to have about a nanoscale contact would be its area (or radius). Since the scale of the contacts is below the optical limit, the techniques available are somewhat limited. Electrical resistance has been used in early contact studies on clean metal surfaces [62], but is limited to conducting interfaces. Recently, Enachescu et al. [63] used conductance measurements to examine adhesion in an ideally hard contact (diamond vs. tungsten carbide). In the limit of contact size below the electronic mean free path, but above that of quantized conductance, the contact area scales linearly with contact conductance. They used these measurements to demonstrate that friction was proportional to contact area, and the area vs. load data were best-fit to a DMT model. 

Electromagnetic (EM) Conductivity Measures the electrical conductivity of materials in microohms over a range of depths determined by the spacing and orientation of the transmitter and receiver coils, and the nature of the earth materials. Delineates areas of soil and groundwater contamination and the depth to bedrock or buried objects. Surveys to depths of SO to 100 ft are possible. Power lines, underground cables, transformers and other electrical sources severely distort the measurements. Low resistivities of surficial materials makes interpretation difficult. The top layers act as a shunt to the introduction of energy info lower layers. Capabilities for defining the variation of resistivity with depth are limited. In cases where the desired result is to map a contaminated plume in a sand layer beneath a surficial clayey soil in an area of cultural interference, or where chemicals have been spilled on the surface, or where clay soils are present it is probably not worth the effort to conduct the survey. 

The fractal-like organization led, therefore, to conductivity measurements at three different scales (1) the macroscopic, mm-size core of nanotube containing material, (2) a large (60 nm) bundle of nanotubes and, (3) a single microbundle, 50 nm in diameter. These measurements, though they do not allow direct insights on the electronic properties of an individual tube give, nevertheless, at a different scale and within certain limits fairly useful information on these properties. 

Although it is required to refine the above condition I in actuality, this rather simple but impressive prediction seems to have much stimulated the experiments on the electrical-conductivity measurement and the related solid-state properties in spite of technological difficulties in purification of the CNT sample and in direct measurement of its electrical conductivity (see Chap. 10). For instance, for MWCNT, a direct conductivity measurement has proved the existence of metallic sample [7]. The electron spin resonance (ESR) (see Chap. 8) [8] and the C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) [9] measurements have also proved that MWCNT can show metallic property based on the Pauli susceptibility and Korringa-like relation, respectively. On the other hand, existence of semiconductive MWCNT sample has also been shown by the ESR measurement [ 10], For SWCNT, a combination of direct electrical conductivity and the ESR measurements has confirmed the metallic property of the sample employed therein [11]. More recently, bandgap values of several SWCNT... 

The fractal-like organisation of CNTs produeed by elassical earbon are diseharge suggested by Ebbesen et al. [15] lead to conductivity measurements whieh were performed at various scales. 

The coordination number is the number of solvent molecules in the primary solvation shell. This quantity can be estimated (for ions) by conductance measurements and by... 

By contrast, Raman spectroscopy and conductivity measurements show that N2O4 ionizes almost completely in anhydrous HNO3 to give NO and NO3 and such solutions show no evidence for the species N2O4, NO2 or N02 N2O5 is... 

In the hands of Collie and Tickle in 1899 this reaction gave the first crystalline pyrylium salts. The salt character of the compounds was proved by conductivity measurements the basicity of 2,6-dimethylpyrone was found to be a little higher than that of urea. Basicities of other pyrones decrease in the order 2,6-dimethyl-> 2-phenyl-6-methyl-> 2,6-diphenylpyrone, paralleling the dipole moments. These hydroxypyrylium salts hydrolyze in water to pyrones. " The formation of salts of 2,6-dimethylpyrone with organic acids was investigated by Kendall,and with mineral acids by Cook. 11 ... 

With electrochemical methods such as chronoamperometry, cyclovoltammetry (CV), or conductivity measurements, the diffusion coefficients of charged chemical species can be estimated in highly dilute solutions [16, 17]. 

Conductivity, the electrical conductivity of the water measured in microSiemen/cm is the traditional indicator for mineral impurities. Resistivity, the reciprocal of conductivity, measured in Megohm-cm. It is used in some industries instead of conductivity particularly for ultra-pure water. 

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