Relationships between Grain Size To Conductivity Of Samples

The structure characteristics (phase abundance and grain size) were investigated by X-ray
diffraction analysis using MAUD program. The electrical properties (electronic and ionic
conductivity) were measured by impedance spectroscopy using equivalent circuit based on bricklayer model to fit the data (Nyquist plot). Thus, structure/properties correlation proves that the
ionic conductivity of the electrolyte is affected by both the abundance of LATP phase as well as
its grain size. Preparation temperature has also a considerable effect on the size of the formed
grains. Grains grow up to maximum value at certain temperature then the precipitation of the
formed second phase on the grain boundary hinders the growth resulting in a decrease of the
grain size. The maximum value of the ionic conductivities is achieved at a temperature where the
electrolyte has high LATP concentration and at the same time the largest grain size. Thus,
convolution of both the concentration of the super ionic conductive LATP phase with its grain
size control the ionic conductivity of the electrolyte.
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And Grain Size On Ionic Conductivity Of Solid State Latpelectrolyte.
Vol. 8, Issue, 03,
Relationships between Ionic Porosity to conductivity of samples
Porosity is the fraction of the total soil volume that is taken up by the pore space. Thus it is a
single-value quantification of the amount of space available to fluid within a specific body of
soil. Being simply a fraction of total volume, porosity can range between 0 and 1, typically
falling between 0.3 and 0.7 for soils. With the assumption that soil is a continuum, adopted here
as in much of soil science literature, porosity can be considered a function of position
The objective is to assess the quality of the porosity measurements made on board by

comparing these with measurements made in a shore-based laboratory on a limited number

of samples. A more fundamental problem is also to understand the meaning of porosity (or
water content) data, as this parameter not only reflects the stress applied to the sample, but
also the ability of the minerals to a dsorb water on their external and inter nal surfaces.
Large differences exist in the behavior of soil or sediment depending on the proportion of

expandable clays, on the nature of the adsorbed cations, an d on clay microstructure. Because
there is no well-established law linking water retention with physical properties of
minerals, this problem is often ignored in marine science. Determinations of the cation

exchange capacity, the exchangeable cation chemistry, and the electrical conductivity are
used to extract information on the behavior of the clay surfaces and to estimate the
interlayer water content.

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