Electrical conductivity in calcium titanate

The electrical conductivity of polycrystalline CaTiO₃ was measured over the temperature range 800–1100°C while in thermodynamic equilibrium with oxygen partial pressures from 10^?22 to 10⁰ atm. The data were found to be proportional to the $\text{?}\text{1}\text{6}\text{th}$ power of the oxygen partial pressure for the oxygen pressure range 10^?16 – 10^?22 atm, proportional to for the oxygen pressure range 10^?8 – 10^?15 atm, and proportional to for the oxygen pressure range greater than 10^?4 atm. The region of linearity where the electrical conductivity varies as $\text{?}\text{1}\text{4}\text{th}$ power of P_O2 increased as the temperature was decreased. The observed data are consistent with the presence of small amounts of acceptor impurities in CaTiO₃. The band-gap energy (extrapolated to zero temperature) was estimated to be 3.46 eV.