Epsilon r of Salt Water
hi
For seawater,
er = 80
s = 4600 mS/m
regards
piboo
I would say, the real part of epsilon remains the same, but an imaginary part with the parameter sigma*frequency*mju0 gets there also, making the refractive index a complex number, thus represanting the attenuation of the electromagnetic field.
I guess, finding an instrument that measures conductivity wont be hard, or you might even calibrate your own setup with copper rods. check out http://www.biophysica.com/conductivity.htm
where they state
Absolute pure water - 0.055 μS/cm
Distilled water - 0.5 μS/cm
Mountain water - 1.0 μS/cm
Most drinking water sources - 500 to 800 μS/cm
Sea water - 56 mS/cm
Max for potable water - 1055 μS/cm
Thanks for the information.
Do you know where I can find a table (or a formula) of the salt content and conductivity?
I want to know if the conductivity of water increases linear with the salt content.
I looked here
http://waterontheweb.org/under/water...ductivity.html
and the conductivity seems to depend somewhat on exactly which salts are dissolved, which of course is not exactly the same in different bodies of water.