Electric Conductivity and Electrode Polarization as Markers of Phase Transitions
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
With respect to your manuscript entitled "Electric Conductivity and Electrode Polarization As Markers of 2 Phase Transitions"
I have read the manuscript entitled "Electric Conductivity and Electrode Polarization As Markers of 2 Phase Transitions", which in principle deals with an interesting and relevant topic, which may be interesting and attractive for many readers.
The manuscript contains good data and good discussion, some modifications may be added
1- If possible, the abstract can be modified by addition of some important results.
2- Modifications of figures are required:
- Use thick line and different symbols
- The words inside figures (can be clearer).
i.e make figures more simple, direct and clear for eyes
Author Response
Answer: At the very beginning, we would like to thank the Reviewer for their comments and suggestion for changes. Changes made according to the Reviewer’s suggestion:
- The abstract has been extended by adding significant results and explanations. The added parts of the text are (here) in red: “(…) Proposed methods were applied to several compounds, such as liquid crystals, pharmacological compound, monoalcohols, and polyalcohols, and various thermodynamic phases. Common behavior was noticed for materials under study – in similar phases various substances have the same values of the exponents characterizing electric conductivity and contribution from the electrode polarization. These exponents show discontinuities at phase transition temperatures between crystal-like and liquid-like phases.” (page 1, lines 12-16).
- Figures have been modified and amended (where possible). All used lines are thicker, and the symbols and fonts are bigger. Amended figures: 1, 2a, 2b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b. In general, we used lines for theoretical ‘data’ (calculated numbers and fits), and we used symbols – for experimental data. Due to the multitude of compounds and thermodynamic phases, we decided to use the same markers in all figures for a given phase in a given compound. The potential reader does not have to check each time which compound symbol is used. Figures 3a and 3b have not been corrected to make them clearer (larger markers and fonts adversely affect the clarity of the presented data).
Other changes: All references have been checked and are relevant to the manuscript's contents. Cited manuscript – position [42] – has been updated – in the previous version it was “submitted”, now it is “accepted” (DOI has been added).
Reviewer 2 Report
This MS studied the dependence of temperature on dielectric polarization and electrode polarization, which can serve as markers for phase transitions. The experiment design is appropriate and the associated results can support their viewpoints. Therefore, I recommend acceptance. One technical suggestion is that it is better to provide the full name for the materials used where they first appear, for example, 4-ethyl-4-octylazoxybenzene for 4EOB.
Author Response
Answer: At the very beginning, we would like to thank the Reviewer for their comments and suggestion for changes. We checked the manuscript carefully and now the full name of the compounds used are given where they first appear – see page 2, lines 72-81.
Other changes: All references have been checked and are relevant to the contents of the manuscript. Cited manuscript – position [42] – has been updated – in the previous version it was “submitted”, now it is “accepted” (DOI has been added).
