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Abstract E l e c t r i c a l properties including conductivities of various polycjrclic aromatic hydrocnrkons have beex studied by a nunbcr of invesSigatora (1-8) A 1-eview of thcse stuGics pointa out t h e aignificailJ~d i f f e r e n c e s i n the ma.gritucle of the v<~l-~o-el?st nir,~: bj~d i f f e r e n t workers with the sane chemical compouxd, with little if any agreemnt among tke datz~ reported t o date. Also the pwi-Qr of the conpouxds studied vas either incompletely specified OY not at a l l deterxined. Ylie present ii?v~stigatio;i vas wxlertak~n i;? order to a s c e r t a i n t h e e f f e c t of me t a l l i c imp~~iticons t h e e l e c t r i c a l r2sistlvity an3 r e l a t e d p r o p e r t i e s of a s e r i e s of si~lpeo lycyclk aromat ic hydrocarbons. It has been pointed ou-t ’~h~,tv,ie wed s t r i c t l y from a molecular standpoint, cond enscd arcma-bic 1iydroc;arbons 2,m sv.-p ercoilductora on the nolecular l e v e l (1-8) The reason f o r thc extremely low conductivities and relativily high energy gaps of thcse hydrocarbons |