Solid State Transitions in Alkali Alkanoates: Diffractometric and Conductometric Measurements on Lithium, Sodium and Potassium Propanoates

Abstract

Abstract Conductometric measurements on solid lithium, sodium and potassium propanoates and X-ray powder diffraction measurements on the sodium and potassium salts have been performed over temperature ranges including solid state transitions. The temperature dependence of the transport and lattice parameters of the different crystalline phases and the changes of the same parameters in correspondence with phase transitions have been put into evidence.