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Thermotransport and the Associated Isotope Effect in Solids
Author(s) -
Lodding A.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19670220119
Subject(s) - isotope , diffusion , kinetic isotope effect , activation energy , kinetic energy , ionic bonding , metal , chemistry , chemical physics , ion , thermodynamics , materials science , atomic physics , nuclear physics , physics , deuterium , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Abstract If the same mechanisms governs self‐diffusion, electrotransport, and thermotransport, then the kinetic energy distribution factor of diffusion. Δ K , can be measured directly by isotope transport techniques (electro‐ or thermotransport), in solid metals as well as ionic salts. Under these conditions the results of the isotope thermal diffusion experiments can be interpreted in terms of activation energy parameters. However, in the only two solids in which isotope thermotransport has been measured so far, cubic Li 2 SO 4 and Li metal, these simple conditions probably do not apply.