Relative permittivity

permittivity of a material expressed as a ratio with the electric permittivity of a vacuum

dimensionless quantity, quantity

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Description

The relative permittivity (in older texts, dielectric constant) is the permittivity of a material expressed as a ratio with the electric permittivity of a vacuum. A dielectric is an insulating material, and the dielectric constant of an insulator measures the ability of the insulator to store electric energy in an electrical field. Permittivities may be complex and frequency-dependent.

Formula(s) and quantities

Defining Formula: ${\epsilon }_{\mathrm{r}}\equiv \frac{\epsilon }{{\epsilon }_0}$

$\epsilon$ symbol represents permittivity

${\epsilon }_0$ symbol represents permittivity of vacuum

${\epsilon }_{\mathrm{r}}$ symbol represents relative permittivity

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_permittivity

Further links

Item	Property
fluid Poisson model: determine particle densities	contains
permittivity	nondimensionalized by
Poisson's equation for the electric potential	symbol represents
Poisson's equation for the electric potential: weak formulation	symbol represents
relative permittivity	symbol represents

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