Study of the motion of electrons in non polar classical liquids. Measurement of Hall effect and f. i. r. search for low energy traps. Progress report

Technical Report · Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6613729· OSTI ID:6613729

Progress is reported on experiments aimed at the measurement of the Hall mobility of injected electrons in classical non polar insulating liquids and the optical absorption associated with electrons captured by shallow traps in the liquefied rare gases. Theoretical work aimed at a better understanding of the trapping kinetics of electrons by SF/sub 6/ and O/sub 2/ dissolved in rare gas liquids was also carried out. Its conclusion is that the electric field dependence of the trapping probability can be explained, basically without adjustable parameters, by considering the Poole-Frenkel-Schotky ionization of the excited state of the traps. From the analysis of published data on the motion of electrons in liquid ethane it is tentatively concluded that at low temperatures the trapping of electrons in the liquid involves a Jahn-Teller like distortion of a single ethane molecule while at higher temperatures it is necessary to consider a small molecular cluster, possibly made up of 2 molecules.

• Research Organization: Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AS02-79ER10375
• OSTI ID: 6613729
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/10375-T1; TRN: 81-008032
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
LIQUIDS
HALL EFFECT
ELECTRICAL INSULATORS
JAHN-TELLER EFFECT
RARE GASES
SULFUR FLUORIDES
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TRAPPING
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
GASES
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
656000* - Condensed Matter Physics