Influences of Water on the Glassy State in Glycerol, Propylenglycol and Other Polyhydric Alcohols

Author: Abe R.   Horioka M.   Sakumiya I.   Tochi K.  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 0015-0193

Source: Ferroelectrics, Vol.322, Iss.1, 2005-01, pp. : 33-38

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Abstract

We have reported in the previous International Meetings on Ferroelectricity that glycerol shows the glassy state below a certain temperature, T a Recently we have found that the activation energy to complete the glassy state is 0.18–0.19 eV for all polyhydric alcohols. Furthermore we have found that the activation energy decreases little by little with the increase of amount of addition of water. Such a result is very important to know the mechanism of the formation of glassy state and to clarify the molecular structure in glass.