Maxwell’s relationships

Water absorption can also cause significant changes in the permittivity and must be considered when describing dielectric behavior. Water, with a dielectric constant of 78 at 25°C, can easily impact the dielectric properties at relatively low absorptions owing to the dipolar polarizability contribution. However, the electronic polarizability is actually lower than solid state polymers. The index of refraction at 25°C for pure water is 1.33, which, applying Maxwell s relationship, yields a dielectric constant of 1.76. Therefore, water absorption may actually act to decrease the dielectric constant at optical frequencies. This is an area that will be explored with future experiments involving water absorption and index measurements. 

Moreover, Maxwell s relationship, e = n2 where n is the refractive index affords... 

Because partial derivatives are used so prominently in thermodynamics (See Maxwell s Relationships), we briefly consider the properties of partial derivatives for systems having three variables x, y, and z, of which two are independent. In this case, z = z(x,y), where x and y are treated as independent variables. If one deals with infinitesimal changes in x and y, the corresponding changes in z are described by the partial derivatives ... 

With Maxwell s relationship e = it is possible to replace dtjdc by its equivalent From Equation (9-42) this then gives de/dc = 2n dn jdc). 

Figure 16.3 Calculated thermal conductivity in two-phase systems based on parallel arrangement in Wiener s model (solid line) and Maxwell s relationship (dashed line), provided that the thermal conductivity of each phase is 200 and 5Wm K respectively.

The mathematical operator consisting of the dot product, or scalar product, of the differential vector V with another vector is called the divergence operator. For instance, the charge concentration p in a volume is linked to the electric displacement D through one of Maxwell s relationships ... 

Now we use a Maxwell relationship and substitute for (dS/dV)j, which according to Maxwell s relationships equals dpldT)y. Therefore,... 

All electromagnetic phenomena are governed by Maxwell s equations, and one of the consequences is that certain mathematical relationships can be determined when light encounters boundaries between media. Three important conclusions that result for ellipsometry are ... 

According to Maxwell s law, the partial pressure gradient in a gas which is diffusing in a two-component mixture is proportional to the product of the molar concentrations of the two components multiplied by its mass transfer velocity relative to that of the second component. Show how this relationship can be adapted to apply to the absorption of a soluble gas from a multicomponent mixture in which the other gases are insoluble and obtain an effective diffusivity for the multicomponent system in terms of the binary diffusion coefficients. 

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Classical physics is based on the concept that things happen deterministically From A follows B andfrom B follows C and each of these successive outcomes can be described with some exact functional relationship. Such are Newtons s laws and Maxwell s equations, to mention just two examples. Of course, scientists like Newton, Maxwell, and others were well aware of the seemingly irregular, unpredictable (random) nature of certain phenomena. The movement of the smoke from a chimney and the flow of the water in a river look rather irregular. Yet, these scientists were convinced that if only we were able to break down the description of the system to the smallest possible level (e.g., the molecules), the motion would turn out to be deterministic again. 

Dayhoff [50] suggested that one might measure a rest mass of photon by designing a low-frequency oscillator from an inductor-capacitor (LC) network. The expected frequency can be calculated from Maxwell s equations, and this may be used to give an effective wavelength for photons of that frequency. He claimed that one would have a measure of the dispersion relationship at low frequencies. Williams [51] calculated the effective capacitance of a spherical capacitor using Proca equations. This calculation can then be generalized to any capacitor with the result that a capacitor has an additional term that is quadratic in the area of the plates of the capacitor. However, this term is not exactly the one that Dayhoff referred to. But it seems to be a very close description of it. One can add two identical capacitors C in parallel and obtain the result... 

There are relationships between thermodynamic and informational entropy. For example, the well-known Maxwell s demon, which reverses thermodynamic entropy with information, but getting that information exactly balances out the thermodynamic gain the demon would otherwise achieve. 

Beyond the simple thin surfactant monolayer, the reflectivity can be interpreted in terms of the internal structure of the layer, and can be used to determine thicker layers and more complex surface structures, and this can be done in two different ways. The first of these uses the optical matrix method [18, 19] developed for thin optical films, and relies on a model of the surface structure being described by a series or stack of thin layers. This assumes that in optical terms, an application of Maxwell s equations and the relationship between the electric vectors in successive layer leads to a characteristic matrix per layer, such that... 

Equation 15.5 is known as Maxwell s equation. The evaporation rate I is a function of droplet diameter d, diffusion coefficient of the solvent vapor D, and the difference between the solvent vapor pressure at the droplet surface and ambient partial pressure of the vapor. A relationship between vapor concentration and vapor pressure can be found by considering the vapor to be an ideal gas. Then... 

By Maxwell-type relationships, establish equations linking A to T, S, P, and V. Discuss possible uses of these relationships. 

Boltzmann perceived this link between nature s preference for disorder and entropy and, as a result of his extension of Maxwell s work, looked for the relationship through probability theory. Boltzmann knew that entropy, like volume, weight and energy, is... 

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