Dielectric Constants of Liquid and Solid Hydrogen Sulfide

The equilibrium dielectric constants of the disordered highest temperature solid phase show a regular increase with decreasing temperature which is in moderate agreement with Onsager's equation. Larger values than would be expected on this basis are found in the intermediate solid phase, while the values in the ordered phase below 103°K are a little larger than the square of the estimated refractive index. No evidence of relaxation effects or of electrode polarization was found in the frequency range from 15 c/s to 500 kc/s studied.