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92 Alpha Relaxation<br />

correlation between stretching and fragility should be interpreted as a correlation<br />

between stretching and the isochoric fragility, while a correlation to isobaric fragility<br />

is an indirect consequence hereof. This means that the stretching is related to the<br />

“pure” effect of temperature on the relaxation time. This is consistent with the fact<br />

that the fragility and the stretching both stay constant on an isochrone.<br />

So far we have considered only fragility and stretching at the conventional glass<br />

transition temperature, that is around τ α = 100 s. However, the stretching depends<br />

on the relaxation time and also the departure from Arrhenius temperature<br />

dependence and hence the fragility depend on relaxation time (see sections 2.2 and<br />

3.3.5). The general qualitative behavior is that the fragility decreases approaching<br />

the strong limit when the relaxation time is decreased and the “normal” liquid<br />

regime is approached. The decrease in relaxation time is also accompanied by a decrease<br />

in stretching (increase in β KWW ) and a Debye behavior is approached as the<br />

liquid regime is reached. This gives support to the idea that the intrinsic (isochoric)<br />

fragility of a liquid is correlated to the intrinsic stretching of the relaxation function.<br />

5.4 Summary<br />

We report dielectric relaxation data under pressure for two molecular liquids, m-<br />

toluidine and DBP. We combine the relaxation time data with the available thermodynamic<br />

data and analyze the respective effect of density and temperature on<br />

the dynamics. This result is consistent with a general picture in which the isochoric<br />

fragility is constant on an isochrone. The shape of the relaxation function<br />

(eg. expressed by the stretching parameter β KWW ) is also found to be constant on<br />

an isochrone. We use the framework in chapter 3 in order to discuss effect of density<br />

on the possible correlation between the fragility and the stretching of the relaxation<br />

function. We suggest that if the stretching correlates to fragility then it should be<br />

correlated to isochoric rather than isobaric fragility.

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