Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy (JMPEE)

 

TITLE

Dielectric Relaxations of Emulsions of Saline Aqueous Solutions [PDF]

AUTHORS

 

J. P. Le Petit, G. Deibos, A. M. Bottreau, Y. Dutuit,

C. Marzat and R. Cabanas

1977

12

4

335-340

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VOLUME

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Abstract

The complex permittivity of emulsions of KCl aqueous solutions has been measured at room temperature from 1 MHz up to 38 GHz. In each sample the aqueous solution is dispersed in the emulsifying medium in droplets, a few microns in diameter. The results obtained reveal the absorption band related to interfacial polarization phenomena and the absorption band due to the dielectric relaxation of the dispersed solution. The frequency positions of these bands in relation to the proportion in volume and the saline concentration of the dispersed solution, have been studied. As theoretical calculations led us to expect, the absorption band of interfacial polarization moves to higher frequencies when the conductivity of dispersed solution increases, and the absorption band due to the dielectric relaxation of the dispersed liquid phase is at higher frequencies than that of the same liquid when non-dispersed.