Abstract: | At relatively high temperatures and low frequencies the electrical properties of many polymers are dominated by ionic conductivity. In cases where the glass transition is obscured by conductivity, it can be revealed by treating the data in terms of the electric modulus. The magnitude of the activation energy for conductivity (24–67 kcal/mol) for Nylons 6, 66, and 6I, polybutylene terephthalate, and polycarbonate indicates that the transport of charged particles requires the motion of polymer segments. |