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THE well-known method of computing the electric moments of solute molecules due to Debye makes use of the Clausius-Mosotti formula for the dielectric constant of a mixture. Whereas the analogous Lorenz-Lorentz formula for the refractive index of a mixture is probably very accurate1, the Clausius-Mosotti formula is at the best a rough approximation because it ignores the force on a polar molecule due to the surrounding molecules being polarised by the molecule considered.
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GUGGENHEIM, E. Electric Moments of Solute Molecules. Nature 137, 459–460 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137459b0
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