Microwave dielectric measurements of lunar soil with a coaxial line resonator methodA method is given for sensitive dielectric measurements at a series of microwave frequencies using a section of coaxial line. The line is used as a 1-port cavity resonator; it resonates when the electrical length of the center conductor equals 1, 2 . . . , N half-wave lengths. The dielectric properties of an Apollo 17 dried soil sample were measured in vacuum over a temperature range of 173 to 373 K. The relative permittivity and the loss tangent were determined and the frequency dependence was very small. The derivative with respect to temperature, per degree, was 0.00045 for the permittivity and 0.00002 for the loss tangent.
Document ID
19800039512
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Bussey, H. E. (National Bureau of Standards, Electromagnetic Fields Div., Boulder Colo., United States)