M. Prego et al., Measurement and interpretation of the electrical conductivity of 1-alcohols from 273 K to 333 K., J MOL LIQ, 89(1-3), 2000, pp. 233-238
We present measurements of the electrical conductivity of 1-alcohols from m
ethanol to pentanol, and for temperatures ranging from 273 K to 333 K. The
measured data strongly differ from those previously published decades ago,
but ours seem much more coherent. We have explained the measured data by us
ing a simple theoretical model, known as Walden's rule, originally develope
d to explain the electrical conductivity in low concentrate electrolytic so
lutions. Its comparison with the experimental data shows a good agreement,
so for the electrical conductivity dependence on the length of the 1-alcoho
l chain, as for their temperature dependence. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V
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