Abstract
Representing polyether-salt systems by chains of interacting coordination shells, defined by the cation and by its nearest ligands, we derive the interaction potential between closest shells -- the inter-shells potential -- in terms of two-electron polarization effects. Values are presented for monovalent-based crystalline poly(ethylene oxide), PEO, electrolytes. For the eutectic composition
PEO
12
EuBr
3
, the inter-shells energy is evaluated also by relating the empirical value of the nearest-ligands local-field potential with the variation of the
Eu
3+
concentration. Both methods give the same results.