So far, some models have been established to calculate the complex effective permittivity of an aqueous electrolyte solution. Almost all of the models based on the fitting parameters in Debye's equation were used to calculate the complex effective permittivity of a few aqueous electrolyte solutions, such as saline water and seawater. In this paper, we propose a new empirical formula to calculate the complex effective permittivity of a mixed aqueous electrolyte solution based on the measurement of complex impact factors for fundamental ions. The calculated complex effective permittivities of six mixed aqueous electrolyte solutions were compared with the measured results at 915 and 2450 MHz. The complex permittivity of saline water obtained by this model was compared with the published data as well. Good agreement can be observed.
['Xiaoqing Yang', 'Kama Huang']
The empirical formula for calculating the complex effective permittivity of an aqueous electrolyte solution at microwave frequency