Microwave absorption and dielectric relaxation of some rigid molecules and their mixtures

Abstract

The dielectric constant and loss factor of some rigid molecules, pyridine, quinoline, and isoquinoline, and their mixtures have been measured in dilute benzene solutions in the microwave region over a range of temperatures. The dielectric data have been used to determine the relaxation times and the thermodynamic parameters for the activated state. The values of the relaxation time for single polar component solutions agree well at temperatures at which there are available known data. The relaxation times for the mixtures are consistent with the results on simple liquid mixtures of polar molecules in dilute solutions which were previously studied by us and by some other workers.