Abstract
K. W. Wagner's treatment of the distribution of relaxation times in dielectrics is reviewed; the effect of the density of distribution upon the frequency variation of the dielectric constant and dielectric loss factor is discussed; and a graphical method of evaluating the constants of Wagner's equation from experimental data is described. These constants have been evaluated for a number of typical dielectrics, and the frequency variations of the dielectric constant and dielectric loss factor as computed from Wagner's equations and from the simple equations for a single relaxation time are compared with the observed behavior. The quantitative correlation obtained between Wagner's equations and the experimental data investigated is viewed as a confirmation of Wagner's theory of a statistical distribution of relaxation times in dielectrics.
Keywords
DielectricRelaxation (psychology)Cole–Cole equationDistribution (mathematics)Materials scienceConstant (computer programming)ThermodynamicsCondensed matter physicsStatistical physicsPhysicsMathematicsMathematical analysisComputer science
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- 1936
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- 7
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- 12
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- 434-450
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W. A. Yager
(1936).
The Distribution of Relaxation Times in Typical Dielectrics.
Physics
, 7
(12)
, 434-450.
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1745355
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- 10.1063/1.1745355