New Measurement Technique for the Dielectric Study of Solutions and Suspensions

This paper shows that the first order perturbation expression can be used without simplification to measure the permittivity of a material if the proportionality between the perturbation and the perturbating volume is well defined. To achieve a precision near 1%, cavities with large volume and high Q factor, thermally stabilized and with precise perturbing volume (precision better than 0.5%J must be used.We measured the permittivity of solutions of LiCl, NaCl and KCl as a function of concentration and temperature, Latex suspensions were also studied as a function of the nature and dimensions of particles at various temperatures.