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The Clausius-Mossotti equation (Prob. 4.41) tells you how to calculatethe susceptibility of a nonpolar substance, in terms of the atomic polariz-ability. The Langevin equation tells you how to calculate the susceptibility of apolar substance, in terms of the permanent molecular dipole moment p. Here's howit goes:

(a) The energy of a dipole in an external field E isu=-p··¡³¦´Ç²õθ

(Eq. 4.6), whereθ is the usual polar angle, if we orient the z axis along E.

Statistical mechanics says that for a material in equilibrium at absolute temperature

T, the probability of a given molecule having energy u is proportional to

the Boltzmann factor,

exp(-u/kT)

The average energy of the dipoles is therefore

<u>=∫ue-(u/kt)»åΩ∫e-(u/kT)»åΩ

where »åΩ=²õ¾±²Ôθ»åθ»åÏ•, and the integration is over all orientations θ:0→π;Ï•:0→2Ï€Use this to show that the polarization of a substance

containing N molecules per unit volume is

P=Np[cothpE/kT-kT/pE] (4.73)

That's the Langevin formula. Sketch as a function ofPE/KT .

(b) Notice that for large fields/low temperatures, virtually all the molecules arelined up, and the material is nonlinear. Ordinarily, however, kT is much greaterthan p E. Show that in this regime the material is linear, and calculate its susceptibility,in terms of N, p, T, and k. Compute the susceptibility of water at 20°C,and compare the experimental value in Table 4.2. (The dipole moment of wateris 6.1×10-30C·m) This is rather far off, because we have again neglected thedistinction between E and Eelse· The agreement is better in low-density gases,for which the difference between E and Eelse is negligible. Try it for water vapor

at 100°C and 1 atm.

Short Answer

Expert verified

(a) The expression for the polarization is P=NpcothpEkT-kTpE

(b)The susceptibility is χ=NP23ε0kT, for water in aqueous it isχw=12 and for gas it is 5.7×10-3. The susceptibility for the liquid water is not in agreement with the expression for the gaseous state.

Step by step solution

01

Determine the expression for the polarization of the substance containing one molecule:

(a)

Consider the formula for the energy of the dipole in the external field as:

U=-P¯·E¯=P·¡³¦´Ç²õθ

Here, P is the polarization energy and E is the electric intensity.

Consider the average energy for the electric dipole is:

U=-PEcosθ=-PinE

Consider the expression for the resultant polarization as:

P=NPav=-NUE

Write the average energy function from the Boltzmann distribution function as:

U=∫-pEpEue-ukTdu∫-pEpEe-ukTdu=kt-pEepekT+e-pekTepekT-e-pekT=kT-pEcothpEkT

Determine the expression for the Polarization as:

P=NP=pcosθE=P·EEE=-uEE

Solve further as:

P=NpcothpEkT-kTpE

Therefore, the expression for the polarization isP=NpcothpEkT-kTpE

02

Prove the regime material is linear and determine the susceptibility expression, also determine the susceptibility of the water and compare it with the experimental value: 

Consider the expression as:

x=pEkT

Also,

PNp=cothx-1x

Consider for E to be very large and Tto be small solve as:

x>01x<0cothx>1

Consider for kT>>pEsolve as:

cothx=ex+e-xex-e-x=21+x22!+x44!+x66!+…2x+x33!+x55!+…

Short the terms by the Taylor series as:

cothx=1x+x3-x245+Higherterms=1x+x3\

Consider for kT>>pEsolve as:

PNP=NP23kTEPNP=ε0NP23ε0kTEPNP=ε0χEχ=NP23ε0kT

Consider the temperature in Kelvin is 293 K

Consider the total number of molecules per unit volume is obtained as:

N=6.0×1023118104=0.33×1029

Consider from the equation of the susceptibility solve as:

χw=6.1×10-30238.85×10-12C2/Nm1.38×10-23293K2=12

Consider for the water vapor at 100 degree Celsius the temperature is 393 K.

Then, by the Charles law solve as:

V100=V20T100T20=22.4×10-3m3373K293K=2.85×10-2m3

Solve for the number of molecules per unit volume as:

N=6.023×1023mol2.85×10-2m3=2.11×1025

Solve for the susceptibility of the water as:

χw=2.11×10256.1×10-30238.85×10-12c2/Nm1.38×10-23293K2=5.7×10-3

Therefore, the susceptibility is χ=NP23ε0kT, for water in aqueous it is χw=12and for gas it is 5.7×10-3. The susceptibility for the liquid water is not in agreement with the expression for the gaseous state.

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According to Eq. 4.1, the induced dipole moment of an atom is proportional to the external field. This is a "rule of thumb," not a fundamental law,

and it is easy to concoct exceptions-in theory. Suppose, for example, the charge

density of the electron cloud were proportional to the distance from the center, out to a radius R.To what power of Ewould pbe proportional in that case? Find the condition on such that Eq. 4.1 will hold in the weak-field limit.

E2→Find the field inside a sphere of linear dielectric material in an otherwise uniform electric field E0→(Ex. 4.7) by the following method of successive approximations: First pretend the field inside is just E0→, and use Eq. 4.30 to write down the resulting polarization P0→. This polarization generates a field of its own, E1→ (Ex. 4.2), which in turn modifies the polarization by an amount P1→. which further changes the field by an amount E2→, and so on. The resulting field is E→0+E→1+E→2+.... . Sum the series, and compare your answer with Eq. 4.49.

(a) For the configuration in Prob. 4.5, calculate the forceon p→2due to p→1and the force on p→1due to p→2. Are the answers consistent with Newton's third law?

(b) Find the total torque on p→2 with respect to the center ofp→1and compare it with

the torque onp→1 about that same point. [Hint:combine your answer to (a) with

the result of Prob. 4.5.]

In a linear dielectric, the polarization is proportional to the field:

P=∈0χeE.If the material consists of atoms (or nonpolar molecules), the induced

dipole moment of each one is likewise proportional to the fieldp=αE . Question:

What is the relation between the atomic polarizabilityand the susceptibility χe? Since P (the dipole moment per unit volume) is P (the dipole moment per atom)times N (the number of atoms per unit volume),P=Np=NαE, one's first inclination is to say that

χe=Nα∈0

And in fact this is not far off, if the density is low. But closer inspection reveals

a subtle problem, for the field E in Eq. 4.30 is the total macroscopicfield in the

medium, whereas the field in Eq. 4.1 is due to everything except the particular atom under consideration (polarizability was defined for an isolated atom subject to a specified external field); call this field Eelse· Imagine that the space allotted to each atom is a sphere of radius R ,and show that

E=1-Nα3∈0Eelse

Use this to conclude that

χe=Nα/∈01-Nα/3∈0

Or

α=3∈0N∈r-1∈r+2

Equation 4.72 is known as the Clausius-Mossottiformula, or, in its application to

optics, the Lorentz-Lorenzequation.

The space between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor is filled

with dielectric material whose dielectric constant varies linearly from 1 at the

bottom plate (x=0)to 2 at the top plate (x=d).The capacitor is connectedto a battery of voltage V.Find all the bound charge, and check that the totalis zero.

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