Harmonic currents in dielectric media—II. The ionized complex

✍ Scribed by F. Gutmann

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1962
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 841 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-4686
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-4686(62)80016-4

✦ Synopsis

The appearance of a characteristic harmonic spectrum in the dielectric current upon application of a high, sinusoidal, field is explained as due to the formation of ionized and/or excited complexes. The field causes the stabilization of short-lived ion clusters initially present, so that a net charge becomes distributed over a relatively large volume within the liquid, charge and energy being transported in the form of excitons. Calculations for the case of benzene under a voltage of 5500 V across a 1 mm gap gave the following data for the complex associated with the dominant fifth harmonic: radius 1.13 x 10-j cm, containing 4.2 x 10' molecules; average of 1.25 electronic charges per complex; mean free path 2.8 x 10-O cm; mobility 2.1 x lo-* cm"/V-set; energy 0.37 eV. Satisfactory agreement is obtained for a number of derived properties of the complex with values calculated by other means, or measured directly.