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Appendix
Dielectric constants for common liquids
Dielectric constants for common liquids
The table below contains dielectric constants for several common liquids at
atmospheric pressure (unless otherwise noted).
a. Reference: Weast, Robert C. Ph.D., Editor, CRC
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 67th Edition , CRC
Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1986 (pgs. E-49 through
E-53).
Liquid Dielectric constant
a
Argon (A)
1.53 @ − 191 ° C
Carbon dioxide (CO
2
)
1.60 @ 20 ° C, 50 atm
Hydrogen (H
2
) 1.228 @ 20.4 K
Methane (CH
4
)
1.70 @ − 173 ° C
Nitrogen (N
2
)
1.454 @ − 203 ° C
Propane (C
3
H
8
)
1.61 @ 0 ° C
Oxygen (O
2
)
1.507 @ − 193 ° C