Dielectric Behavior of Ice with HCl Impurity

Abstract

The complex dielectric behavior of ice doped with HCl has been measured in the concentration range 2 × 10−6 to 2 × 10−4M. The dissociation of HCl in ice was calculated as a function of temperature for ice doped at 2 × 10−6M. The results at 1 × 10−5M and below conform to the Debye model with a single relaxation time. The data suggest that, in a limited concentration range, HCl is substitutionally incorporated into the ice lattice.