Research of Water-Alcohol Solution Permittivity at Phase Transition by Radiophysics Method

Abstract

This study presents the research of water-alcohol solution phase transition by permittivity changing. Complex permittivity was measured by open-end-coaxial method in frequency range 500 MHz – 40 GHz. We varied temperature from 240 K to 310 K and ethanol content from 10 % to 80 %. Temperature dependencies of permittivity for water-alcohol solutions were obtained and the patterns of variation of those solidification temperatures were established.