The specific electrical conductivity (κ) of the systems FeO-SiO
2 and FeO-MnO-SiO
2 was measured over the temperature range 100°-1420°C. In the conductivity-temperature curves gerenally appeared two kinds of anomalous points, of which the one was faint and the other more appreciable. The former corresponded to the temperature of the precipitating primary phases and the latter to that of solidifying.
The conduction was ionic over the measured range of concentrations in molten state, but in the solidified state electrons also took part in the conduction.
The conductivity decreased with increasing SiO
2mol%. In the system FeO-SiO
2 logκ changed linearly with SiO
2mol% in molten state. The same relation was obeyed by some of the other binary systems.
The curve logκ-1/T (T: absolute temperature) consisted of the two straight lines, and the energy of activation at higher temperatures was 1.5-2 times as large as that of at lower temperatures.
This is due to the fact that at lower temperatures the conduction was mainly cationic, but with increase of temperatures anionic conduction also occurred increasingly.
For the binary systems the specific electrical conductivity increased in the order of CaO-SiO
2 MnO-SiO
2, FeO-SiO
2 and the viscosity in the reverse. This order corresponded to that of cation radii (by G orldschmidt)-Ca
++(1.06A)>Mn
++(0.91A)>Fe
++(0.83A). When the ionic radius was small, the ion produced a strong field in its vicinity and will affect the structure of the SiO
4-tetrahedron. Accordingly it decreased the stability of the bonds Si-O, and so reduced the viscosity, which made it possible for the eations to pass throngh the interstices of the melt more easily, resulting in the increase of the conductivity. The ionic radii of cations controlled largely the structure of molten slags.
In the system FeO-MnO-SiO
2 generally the conductivity decreased with increase of SiO
2mol% When MnO was substituted for FeO, the conductivity decreased slightly, except for high SiO
2 contents, where that decrease was somewhat larger.
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