title: Dependence of the dielectric properties of suspensions on the volume fraction of suspended particles.
abstract: It is shown that the fundamental expression for the complex permittivity epsilons* of a dilute suspension of monodispersed, spherical particles, epsilons*=epsilone*(1+3phid*), where epsilone* is the complex permittivity of the suspending medium and d* the dipolar coefficient, is strictly valid for any value of the volume fraction phi of particles in the suspension, provided that d* is interpreted as the ensemble average value of the dipolar coefficient of the particles and is defined in terms of the macroscopic electric field in the suspension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, National University of Tucumán, Argentina. cgrosse@herrera.unt.edu.ar
authors.forename: Constantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grosse
authors.forename: Vladimir Nikolaievich
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Shilov
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D010316:Particle Size; D055672:Static Electricity; D013499:Surface Properties; D013535:Suspensions / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013535:Suspensions