Radio frequency (RF) and microwave (MW) heating provide an important advantage of more rapid heat penetration in pasteurization processes for heat labile high value foods, which to date, have only been pasteurized by conductive heating. The objectives of this work were to determine the dielectric constant, loss factor and power penetration depth for salmon (0.8% and 2.3% total salt) and sturgeo...

using the evaporating method, the solubility of potassium nitrate was determined in various mixtures containing water and ethanol at 25°c. the results show that the solubility of kno3 decreases with increasing the mass percent of ethanol in the mixtures. this trend is along with decreasing the dielectric constant of water+ethanol mixtures. moreover, it can be concluded that the totqal solubilit...

A new method has been developed within the framework of density functional theory to aid in the study of the dielectric properties of multi-component systems, with explicit treatment of surface and interface effects. Specially, we have determined the position dependent dielectric constant profiles for Si–SiO2 and SiO2polymer systems.We find that at regions close to surfaces and interfaces, the ...

A dielectric measurement for the aqueous solutions at lower frequencies (20Hz to 2MHz) has been carried out in frequency domain using Agilient Precision LCR meter (E4980A). The dielectric permittivity spectra of over entire concentrations with aqueous solutions are measured at 25 ̊C. From observed spectra, static dielectric constants (ε0) have been determined. Dielectric Spectroscopy is especial...

Exfoliated graphite (obtained by rapid heating of sulfuric-acid intercalated and subsequently deacidified graphite flakes) is optionally subjected to residual acidity removal, which involves repeated washing with water, such that the pH of the wash water increases from 2 to 7. Compared to washed exfoliated graphite, the unwashed material exhibits lower specific surface area (24 vs. 45 m/g), a h...

Applications for low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) and high temperature co-fired ceramics (HTCC) are advancing to higher frequencies. In order to design ceramic microsystems and electronic packages, the electrical properties of materials must be well characterized over a broad frequency range. In this study, the dielectric properties of commercial Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) with different gl...

The scaling of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors has led to the silicon dioxide layer used as a gate dielectric becoming so thin (1.4 nm) that its leakage current is too large. It is necessary to replace the SiO2 with a physically thicker layer of oxides of higher dielectric constant (κ) or ‘high K’ gate oxides such as hafnium oxide and hafnium silicate. Little was know...

The voltage (V) and frequency (f) dependence of dielectric characteristics such as dielectric constant (e0), dielectric loss (e00), dielectric loss tangent (tan d) and real and imaginary part of electrical modulus (V0 and M) of the (Ni/Au)/GaN/Al0.3Ga0.7N heterostructures have been investigated by using experimental admittance spectroscopy (capacitance–voltage (C–V) and conductance–voltage (G/w...

Pureeing of sweetpotato (SP) is carried out to enhance the conversion of the roots into value-added products. During processing, production and home utilization, the puree is often heated (conventional cooking or microwaved), hence the need to measure the corresponding properties of SP puree. Thermal (specific heat, thermal conductivity, density, and thermal diffusivity) and dielectric properti...