Dielectric spectroscopy and molecular dynamics of methylene chloride CH2Cl2

Abstract Precise measurements of the complex permittivity of methylene chloride (CH 2 Cl 2 ) at 293 K have been made at frequencies in the range 50–310 GHz. These, when combined with earlier results, have made possible a determination of the complex permittivity over the entire zero to THz frequency region. These results show a distribution of dielectric relaxation times. The value of the Cole-Cole distribution parameter, α, was 0.03 and that of the relaxation time, τ, was 2.07 ps. A comparison of the power absorption, A (ω), spectra of pure methylene chloride with the normalized dilute solution spectra shows that: (a) the integrated absorption intensity of the pure liquid is 20% greater th…