TITLE:
Electrical Properties of Dead Sea Water
AUTHORS:
Maen Ishtaiwi, Muna Hajjyahya, Shahd Habbash
KEYWORDS:
Permittivity, Conductivity, Salinity, Dead Sea, Vector Network Analyzer (VNA)
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics,
Vol.9 No.12,
December
22,
2021
ABSTRACT: In this paper, dielectric measurements were carried out to obtain conductivity, permittivity (real and imaginary parts) and loss tangent of Dead Sea water. These dielectric properties were measured using two different methods: Vector Network Analyzer “VNA” (Dielectric Assessment Kit “DAK”) and Four Probe method, all measurements taken at room temperature (25˚C). The collected data has been analyzed in the frequency range (200 MHz - 9 GHz), by making a comparison between the measured data for Dead Sea water and distilled water, the results have shown that a huge difference in dielectric properties for the two samples. The conductivity of Dead Sea water is much larger than the conductivity of distilled water, which has been expected because of the fact of the high salinity of Dead Sea water.