The possibility of the application of the R.L. Muller model of the microheterogeneous structure of glass for the description of the nature of the conduction various glass classes, the electric conduction of which is due to the migration of cations, anions and the combined migration of cations and electrons, has been considered. It was shown that the appearance and the subsequent increase in the ionic conduction can be explained using the concentration variation of the blocking extent function (γ), which is calculated based on the analysis of the ratio of the concentration of nonpolar and polar structural fragments—structural-chemical units in the bulk of glass. On the whole, the methodology of the calculation of the concentration γ values for various glass systems coincides, except for some features in halogen-containing systems that required additional specifications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-41
Number of pages7
JournalGlass Physics and Chemistry
Volume41
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

    Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Chemistry

    Research areas

  • activation energy of electric conduction, electric conduction, microheterogeneous structure of glass, polar (ionogenic and blocking) and nonpolar (blocking) structural-chemical units, true transport numbers

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