On the origin of dielectric properties of water

DOI10.1134/S1028335814030045MaRDI QIDQ2940286zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

Publication date 26 January 2015

Published in Doklady Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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

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)

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.

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