Properties of Molten Carbonate Electrolytes

The measurements [12] were made with a pressure of CO2 in large excess to the equilibrium dissociation pressures. 

Relative to the Na2C03 —K2CO3 mixtures, the surface tensions and partial molal volumes indicated little deviation from the predictions for thermodynamically ideal mixtures. The mechanism of conductance was discussed under the assumption of complete dissociation with the species and COj as the predominant ionic species [14] for two limiting cases  

The experimental results seem to favor a cooperative Jump-rotation mechanism (case b). The rate-determining step in this mechanism is the jump of M from one anionic species to the other, followed by a rotation 

Processes in Fuel Cells with Molten Carbonate Electrolytes 

Measurements of the electrical conductance, density and surface tension of binary and ternary carbonate mixtures, in particular of the eutectic compositions 

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