The data (plus more that I omitted) are derived from three sources published in 1983, 1989, and 1995. Thus, Wolfgang's values are definitely inconsistent with published data.
Daniel Crowe
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
Ardmore Regional Center
dcrowe@sotc.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Wolfgang Rueckner [mailto:rueckner@FAS.HARVARD.EDU]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:54 AM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: dielectric constant of water
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That's measured at 1 kHz and 120 Hz (no difference).
The data I have found on water's dielectric constant is
As you can see, it drops off quite a bit once you get into the
gigahertz range, but it doesn't change too much at lower frequencies.
I haven't found values in the DC to 1 kHz range, but I suspected my
value of 130 to be too high.