Dielectric Properties of Liquid Butyl Alcohols

Abstract

Measurements of static dielectric constant were made for all except t-butyl alcohol from the boiling points to —140°C; dispersion and loss were measured below 0°C in the range 20 cy/sec to 2 Mc/sec. Multiple dispersions were found as in other alcohols. The temperature dependences of static values are examined in terms of finite extent of chainwise molecular coordination by hydrogen bonding, and the rate laws of the dispersions are discussed.