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Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. SIR® 4000
Manual
MN72-433 Rev F 143
Appendix D: Dielectric Values For
Common Materials
Material Dielectric
Constant
Material Dielectric
Constant
Air 1 Wet Granite 6.5
Snow Firn 1.5 Travertine 8
Dry Loamy/Clayey Soils 2.5 Wet Limestone 8
Dry Clay 4 Wet Basalt 8.5
Dry Sands 4 Tills 11
Ice 4 Wet Concrete 12.5
Coal 4.5 Volcanic Ash 13
Asphalt 5 Wet Sands 15
Dry Granite 5 Wet Sandy Soils 23.5
Frozen Sand & Gravel 5 Dry Bauxite 25
Dry Concrete 5.5 Saturated Sands 25
Dry Limestone 5.5 Wet Clay 27
Dry Sand & Gravel 5.5 Peats (saturated) 61.5
Potash Ore 5.5 Organic Soils
(saturated)
64
Dry Mineral/Sandy Soils 6 Sea Water 81
Dry Salt 6 Water 81
Frozen Soil/Permafrost 6
Syenite Porphyry 6
Wet Sandstone 6
Meter to English conversion factor: 2.54 cm in 1 inch.
Table of Dielectric values adapted from: Reynolds, John M., 1997
An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics, John Wiley & Sons, New York.