The super- and sub-critical effects for dielectric constant in diethyl ether.

Abstract

Results of dielectric constant (ε) studies in diethyl ether for the surrounding of the gas - liquid critical point, TC - 130 K < T < TC + 50 K, are presented. The analysis recalls the physics of critical phenomena for portraying ε (T) evolution along branches of the coexistence curve, along its diameter (d(T)) and in the supercritical domain for T > TC. For the ultrasound sonicated system, the split into coexisting phases disappeared and dielectric constant approximately followed the pattern of the diameter. This may indicate the possibility of the extension of the "supercritical technology" into the ultrasound "homogenized" subcritical domain: the "strength" and the range of the precritical effect of d(T) are ca. 10× larger than for ε (T > TC).