Determination of the Concentrations of Cation and Anion Vacancies in Solid Potassium Chloride

Abstract

The mobility of cation vacancies and the equilibrium concentration of cation and anion vacancies in solid potassium chloride are calculated from measurements of the electrical conductivity of pure potassium chloride and solid solutions of strontium chloride in potassium chloride.

Fiftieth Anniversary: The Electrochemistry of Ionic Crystals

“…, Wagner and Hantelmann(36), Etzel and Maurer(37), and Haven(38) have conducted analogous investigations on KC1, NaC1, and the lithium halides. These experiments have been evaluated under the assumption that virtually only cation and anion vacancies are present.…”