“…Their conductivity, which is exceptional (Rice & Roth, 1972;Whittingham & Huggins, 1971) for a solid, is due to the two-dimensional diffusion of cations in the low-density layers between the successive spinel blocks which form the construction elements of the bulk crystal structure (Bragg, Gottfried & West, 1931 ;Roth, 1972;Beevers & Roos, 1937;Peters, Bettman, Moore & Glick, 1971;Reidinger, 1974).…”