Inorganic compounds electrical conductivity

All these data verify that in real systems, the rate of electron transfer between components of a conductive chain is high. There are states of a mixed valence. Enhanced electric conductivity and other unusual physical properties are widespread among those inorganic or coordination compounds that contain metals in intermediate -valence states. In cases of organic metals, nonstoi-chiometric donor/acceptor ratios provide even better results. For example, the salt of (TTF)i (Br)oj composition displays an electric conductivity of 2 X 10 cm while (TTF)i(Br)i salt does not... 

Water can dissolve both organic and inorganic compounds. The presence of these compounds can increase the ability of water to conduct electrical charge. Because of this fact, it is possible to estimate the total dissolved solids (TDS) in water by measuring a change in its ability to conduct electrical charge. The relationship between electrical conductivity and TDS in water is shown in TABLE 4-1. 

One of the many ways to classify inorganic compounds is into electrolytes, nonelectrolytes, and weak electrolytes. When electrolytes are dissolved in water, the resulting solution is a good conductor of electricity the water solutions of nonelectrolytes do not conduct electricity the solutions of weak electrolytes are very poor conductors. Water itself is an extremely poor conductor of electricity. A flow of current is a movement of electrical charges caused by a difference in potential (voltage) between the two ends of the conductor. 

The vast majority of metal complexes in the solid state are insulators and do not exhibit any interesting electrical conduction properties because the metal atoms are surrounded by insulating ligands which prevent the passage of carriers from one site to another. This review will be limited to a discussion of the electrical conduction properties of coordination compounds, and will not include simple inorganic compounds with high electrical conductivity such as mixed metal oxides, (3-alumina and TaSe3. 

T he interest in conductivity measurements on fluorinated inorganic com pounds at cryogenic temperatures lies in the ability of these compounds to form ions for possible synthesis of potential solid oxidizers. In this study we are concerned with the conductivity measurements of solid chlorine and bromine trifluorides to determine their electrical conductivities and its bearing on structural problems. Specific conductivities of <10" at 0° C. (I) and 10 ohm-1cm. 1 (3) have been reported for chlorine trifluoride and 8.0 X l ohm-1cm. 1 at 25° C. (1) for bromine trifluoride. In this work a conductivity cell has been developed for measuring fluorine-containing oxidizers at cryogenic temperatures. The variations of conductivity with temperature of chlorine trifluoride have been measured from +11.3° C. (b.p.) to —130° C. (well below m.p., —83° C.) and of bromine trifluoride from -j-80° C. to —196° C. (m.p., 8.8° C.). Possible mechanisms are discussed. 

In 1898 there appeared an English translation of Werner s Stereochemistry Among Inorganic Substances (7). In this paper he pointed out that for molecular compounds constitution cannot be presented with the aid of valence unless one resorts to several secondary hypotheses, each applicable to only a limited number of compounds. He illustrated the differences in the chemical behavior of Co(NH3)6Cl3 and Co(NH3)5Cl3, as well as in their electrical conductivity in solution. He called attention to the series of intermetallic compounds intermediate between true molec-... 

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