A Phenomenological Interpretation of Anomalous Quickening of Dielectric Relaxation by Doping of KOH in Ice Ih

Abstract

A mechanism of the drastic reduction of the relaxation time by doping of a small amount of KOH into ice Ih is discussed using the Eyring’s theory of the elementary rate process by introducing a phenomenological parameter. It is deduced that this reduction of the relaxation time is strongly attributed to the release of water molecules from the ice rule which acts as a strong limitation to proton rearrangement.