Abstract
IN recent investigations of the electrical properties of crystalline long-chain ketones and esters1, considerable dielectric absorption has sometimes been observed at low audio-frequencies. This absorption appears to have electrical characteristics similar in all respects to the well-known low-frequency absorption which is usually attributed to ionic impurities or structural discontinuities, or a combination of the two (see, for example, ref. 2). The above measurements are now being extended to frequencies as low as 0.5 c./s., using a Schering bridge with a Lindemann electrometer as detector. The bridge is supplied with alternating potentials from a motor-driven sine–cosine potentiometer and 135-volt dry battery. Mercury electrodes with a clamped steel guard-ring are used, the electrode system being similar to, but smaller than, the one described by the Electrical Research Association3. Measurements of anomalous charging currents following the sudden application of a steady D.C. voltage are also being made, using the Lindemann electrometer in the way described by Doust and Sulston4. When possible, the steady-state D.c. conductivity (σdc) has also been obtained from the same readings.
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Meakins, R. J., Aust. J. Sci. Res., A., 2, No. 3, 405 (1949).
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Meakins, R. J., and Sack, R. A., Nature, 164, 798 (1949).
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- B. V. HAMON
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