Dielectric Relaxation of the Butyl Alcohols in p-Xylene Solution
Dielectric constants and losses of the four butyl alcohols have been measured at concentrations of 0.02–0.12 mol fraction in p-xylene solution over the frequency range 1–35 GHz at 25 °C. The data for the most dilute solutions can be represented by a symmetrical distribution of relaxation times. For the mole concentrated solutions the Cole–Cole plots indicate a separation into two absorption regions and the data can be analyzed in terms of two relaxation times both of which lengthen with increased alcohol concentration. The contribution from the long relaxation time and the apparent dipole moment for each butanol, is independent of alcohol concentration and decreases in the order n-butanol > iso-butanol > sec-butanol > t-butanol. The results are discussed in terms of previous dielectric relaxation studies of pure liquid aliphatic alcohols and their solutions in non-polar solvents.