Dielectric relaxation study of aqueous ethylene glycol mono-methyl ether (EGME) with water using time domain reflectometry technique in the frequency range 10MHz to 50GHz

Abstract

The Complex permittivity spectra of glycol ether (GE) compounds such as ethylene glycol mono-methyl ether (EGME) with water mixture over entire concentration range and in temperature range of 10–25∘C have been determined using Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) technique in the frequency range 10[Formula: see text]MHz to 50[Formula: see text]GHz. The complex permittivity spectra for EGME-water were fitted in the Cole–Davidson model. The Static dielectric constant ([Formula: see text], Relaxation time ([Formula: see text], effective Kirkwood correlation factor ([Formula: see text], excess permittivity ([Formula: see text], thermodynamic parameters (activation enthalpy and activation entropy) and Bruggeman factor ([Formula: see text] have been calculated by the nonlinear least square fit method. The intermolecular interactions between EGME-water binary mixtures suggest the nonlinear behavior of dielectric parameters. The contribution of hydrogen bonding interactions among the solute–solvent mixtures is confirmed by Excess properties and Bruggeman factor.