IONIC MOBILITIES IN ARGON AND HELIUM LIQUIDS
- 1 February 1957
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Physics
- Vol. 35 (2) , 134-146
- https://doi.org/10.1139/p57-017
Abstract
The mobilities of ions and electrons have been measured in liquid argon at 90° K., and in liquid helium from 4.2° to 1.4° K. The electron behavior in liquid argon can be explained in terms of gas kinetic theory, while the positive ion behavior in both liquids cannot. Stokes' law predicts the ionic behavior at the boiling points of the two liquids. Electrons in liquid helium have very small mobilities, approximately one-quarter the value for the positive ions, suggesting a wide departure from the electron behavior in argon. Below 2.19° K. both the electronic and ionic mobilities become temperature and electric field dependent.Keywords
This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- On a Metastable Energy State of the Negative Helium IonProceedings of the Physical Society. Section A, 1955
- Spatial Distribution of Atoms in LiquidPhysical Review B, 1955
- The Problem of Liquid Helium—Some Recent AspectsReviews of Modern Physics, 1954
- Mobility of Holes and Electrons in High Electric FieldsPhysical Review B, 1953
- Electron Mobilities in Liquid ArgonPhysical Review B, 1951
- Ionization in Liquid and Solid ArgonNature, 1948
- Conductivity Pulses in Liquid ArgonPhysical Review B, 1948
- Massenspektrographische Untersuchungen negativer Ionen in Gasentladungen bei höheren DruckenThe European Physical Journal A, 1936
- The Rate at Which Ions Lose Energy in Elastic CollisionsPhysical Review B, 1930
- Der Ramsauereffekt im ArgonThe European Physical Journal A, 1929