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For these carboxylates studied, a relationship between the expected molar volume and the correlation time, (tau)(,c), for the electric field gradient fluctuation is discussed. The data also suggests that the Na('+) ion diffuses more rapidly two-dimensionally than it does three-dimensionally for these five melts.","The smectic A liquid crystalline structure is confirmed for the five sodium alkyl carboxylate mesophases using polarization microscopy. Both the birefringence temperature coefficient and the domain size (500(mu)m) are unusually large for sodium isovalerate. An empirical correlation between birefringence and the order parameter, S, is also found for sodium isovalerate.","('23)Na NMR measurements for the solid phases of sodium isovalerate and sodium n-butyrate suggest that a dynamic disorder of the cation sublattice exists above 425(DEGREES)K for solid sodium isovalerate and throughout solid I and II sodium n-butyrate. It is possible that solids I and II sodium n-butyrate may be fast ion conducting phases. ('1)H T(,1) and T(,1(rho)) measurements indicate that solid I is an orientationally disordered crystalline (ODIC) phase (anion lattice).","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-15T23:17:36Z (GMT). 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For these carboxylates studied, a relationship between the expected molar volume and the correlation time, (tau)(,c), for the electric field gradient fluctuation is discussed. The data also suggests that the Na('+) ion diffuses more rapidly two-dimensionally than it does three-dimensionally for these five melts.","The smectic A liquid crystalline structure is confirmed for the five sodium alkyl carboxylate mesophases using polarization microscopy. Both the birefringence temperature coefficient and the domain size (500(mu)m) are unusually large for sodium isovalerate. An empirical correlation between birefringence and the order parameter, S, is also found for sodium isovalerate.","('23)Na NMR measurements for the solid phases of sodium isovalerate and sodium n-butyrate suggest that a dynamic disorder of the cation sublattice exists above 425(DEGREES)K for solid sodium isovalerate and throughout solid I and II sodium n-butyrate. It is possible that solids I and II sodium n-butyrate may be fast ion conducting phases. ('1)H T(,1) and T(,1(rho)) measurements indicate that solid I is an orientationally disordered crystalline (ODIC) phase (anion lattice).","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-15T23:17:36Z (GMT). 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