Dielectric constant of polarizable, nonpolar fluids and suspensions

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. Stat. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01011569· OSTI ID:6280387

Cichocki, B; Felderhof, B U

We study the dielectric constant of a polarizable, nonpolar fluid or suspension of spherical particles by use of a renormalized cluster expansion.The particles may have induced multipole moments of any order. We show that the Clausius-Mossotti formula results from a virtual overlap contribution. The corrections to the Clausius-Mossotti formula are expressed with the aid of a cluster expansion. The integrands of the cluster integrals are expressed in terms of two-body nodal connectors which incorporate all reflections between a pair of particles. We study the two- and three-body cluster integrals in some detail and show how these are related to the dielectric virial expansion and to the first term of the Kirkwood-Yvon expansion.

• Research Organization: Institut fuer Theoretische Physik (West Germany)
• OSTI ID: 6280387
• Journal Information: J. Stat. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 53:1-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LIQUIDS
DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
SUSPENSIONS
DIPOLES
GREEN FUNCTION
INTEGRALS
PARTICLE MODELS
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MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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MULTIPOLES
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