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Dielectric spectra broadening as the signature of dipole-matrix interaction. II. Water in ionic solutions
Evgeniya Levy1, Alexander Puzenko, Udo Kaatze
1The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Applied Physics, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel.
Abstract:
In this, the second part of our series on the dielectric spectrum symmetrical broadening of water, we consider ionic aqueous solutions. If in Part I, dipole-dipole interaction was the dominant feature, now ion-dipole interplay is shown to be the critical element in the dipole-matrix interaction. We present the results of high-frequency dielectric measurements of different concentrations of NaCl/KCl aqueous solutions. We observed Cole-Cole broadening of the main relaxation peak of the solvent in the both electrolytes. The 3D trajectory approach (described in detail in Part I) is applied in order to highlight the differences between the dynamics and structure of solutions of salts on one hand and dipolar solutes on the other hand.
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