On the origin of dielectric properties of water

DOI10.1134/S1028335814030045zbMATH Open1313.81018arXiv1302.5048OpenAlexW3100638596MaRDI QIDQ2940286FDOQ2940286

Authors: A. A. Volkov, V. G. Artemov, A. V. Pronin 

Publication date: 26 January 2015

Published in: Doklady Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The dielectric spectrum of liquid water, $10^4-10^{11}$ Hz, is interpreted in terms of diffusion of charges, formed as a result of self-ionization of H${}_2$O molecules. This approach explains the Debye relaxation and the dc conductivity as two manifestations of this diffusion. The Debye relaxation is due to the charge diffusion with a fast recombination rate, $1/a{u}_2$, while the dc conductivity is a manifestation of the diffusion with a much slower recombination rate, $1/a{u}_1$. Applying a simple model based on Brownian-like diffusion, we find $a{u}_{2}simeq10^{-11}$ s and $a{u}_{1}simeq10^{-6}$ s, and the concentrations of the charge carriers, involved in each of the two processes, $N_{2}simeq5imes10^{26}$ m${}^{-3}$ and $N_{1}simeq10^{14}$ m${}^{-3}$. Further, we relate $N_2$ and $N_1$ to the total concentration of H${}_3$O${}^{+}$--OH${}^{-}$ pairs and to the pH index, respectively, and find the lifetime of a single water molecule, $a{u}_{0}simeq10^{-9}$ s. Finally, we show that the high permittivity of water results mostly from flickering of separated charges, rather than from reorientations of intact molecular dipoles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5048

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zbMATH Keywords

water moleculedissociation-association processesNernst-Einstein formulaSmolukhovsky-Einstein formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Molecular physics (81V55) Molecular structure (graph-theoretic methods, methods of differential topology, etc.) (92E10)

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