text: In most solids, ions rigidly occupy fixed positions, strongly embraced by neighboring atoms or ions.  In some solids, selected ions are highly mobile allowing ionic conduction. The mobility increases with temperature.  Materials exhibiting this property are used in batteries. A well-known ion conductive solid is β-alumina ("BASE"), a form of aluminium oxide that has channels through which sodium cations can hop. When this ceramic is complexed with a mobile ion, such as Na, it behaves as so-called fast ion conductor.  BASE is used as a membrane in several types of molten salt electrochemical cell.