Published August 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

A calibration-independent method for accurate complex permittivity determination of liquid materials

Creators

  • 1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ataturk University, Erzurum 25240 (Turkey) and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902 (United States)

Description

This note presents a calibration-independent method for accurate complex permittivity determination of liquid materials. There are two main advantages of the proposed method over those in the literature, which require measurements of two cells with different lengths loaded by the same liquid material. First, it eliminates any inhomogeneity or impurity present in the second sample and decreases the uncertainty in sample thickness. Second, it removes the undesired impacts of measurement plane deterioration on measurements of liquid materials. For validation of the proposed method, we measure the complex permittivity of distilled water and compare its extracted permittivity with the theoretical datum obtained from the Debye equation

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 086114-086114.3
ISSN
0034-6748
CODEN
RSINAK

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Notes
(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics