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Excess electrons in dense hydrocarbon gases: The effect of molecular shape on electron mobilities.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 59470001
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 物理化学一般
Research InstitutionCollege of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

NISHIKAWA Masaru  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, 教養部, 教授 (10012329)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HATANO Akira  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, 教養学部, 助手 (10012395)
NAKAGAWA Kazumichi  University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, 教養学部, 助手 (00134403)
Project Period (FY) 1984 – 1986
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1986)
Budget Amount *help
¥7,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 1985: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1984: ¥6,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,300,000)
KeywordsElectron mobility / Dense gases / 超臨界状態 / 準自由状態エネルギー / 伝導状態エネルギー
Research Abstract

The mobility <mu> and the conducting state energy Vo of excess electrons in supercritical n-(n-B), isobutane(i-B), n-(n-P), iso-(i-P) and neopentane(neoP) were measured as a function of density N, With increase in N,the density-normalized mobility <mu> N in all hydrocarbons studied goes through a minimum at a density below the respective critical density, and then increases to a maximum. Vo values initially decrease from zero at N=0, and then increase wth N. Raising temperature causes <mu> N minima to shift toward lower N in all hydrocarbons, but the maxima shift to lower N only in n-B and in n-P. In other more symmetrical hydrocarbons the loci of maxima are independent of temperature. The minima in n-B and n-P including temperature dependence is adequately reproduced by the Cohen-Lekner model with the use of the structure factor estimated from the speed of sound. In i-B,i-P and neoP the model predicts the occurrence of the minima at a higher densities than are observed, and changes in the magnitude of scattering cross section with N have to be invoked, In these hydrocarbons the correspondence of Vo minima and <mu> N maxima is observed, which indicates that the minima of the deformation potentials are the cause for the appearance of the maxima. The maxima in the straight-chain hydrocarbons are due to the transition from the quasifree to the localized electron states caused by the increased importance at higher densities of fluctuations in coordination numbers and orientations of unsymmetrical molecules. The next step of the study of excess electrons in dielectric media is to investigate <mu> and Vo behavior in a still higher density region (under high pressure) with the aim to gather information concerning the nature of localized states.

Report

(1 results)
  • 1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

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All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] Journal of Chemical Physics. 84. 391-394 (1986)

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Chemical Physics Letters.

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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kengo Itoh, Kazumichi Nakagawa, and Masaru Nishikawa: "Electron mobility in supercritical butanes as a function of density and temperature." Journal of Chemical Physics. 84. 391-394 (1986)

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    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kazumichi Nakagawa, Kengo Itoh, and Masaru Nishikawa: "Conduction band energy Vo in dense fluids of n- and isobutane." Chemical Physics Letters.

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kengo Itoh, Kazumichi Nakagawa, and Masaru Nishikawa: Electron mobility in supercritical pentanes as a function of density and temperature.

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    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kazumichi Nakagawa, Kengo Itoh, and Masaru Nishikawa: "Conducting state energy in dense pentane fluids."

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary

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