(NaCl)_x(KCl)_{y-x}(KBr)_{1-y} single crystals: study of the ac conductivity activation energy

Abstract

Ac electrical measurements have been reported for alkali halide mixed crystals that were melt grown from NaCl, KCl and KBr starting materials. They showed a nonlinear variation of all the electrical parameters with the bulk composition. Here, we show that these mixed systems, depending on their major constituent, are classified into three categories in each of which, the activation energy for the ac conductivity increases linearly with B$\Omega$, where B is the isothermal bulk modulus and $\Omega$ the mean volume per atom.