The dielectric properties of aqueous solutions of ammonium halides

The concentration dependences of the real epsilon' and imaginary epsilon" p ermittivity components were measured at a 9.1 GHz frequency for aqueous sol utions of ammonium halides in a wide concentration range (from infinite dil ution to solution saturation). The epsilon'(c) and epsilon"(c) dependences for ammonium fluoride were unique in the series of NH(4)Hal solutions becau se of nondestructive embedding of the NH4+ and F- ions into the framework o f water. In the region of infinite dilution, the mechanism of the destructi ve action of anions on the framework of water was found to be common to Cl- , Br-, and I-. The behavior of the epsilon'(c) and epsilon"(c) dependences of aqueous solutions of ammonium halides lends support to the concept of th e proton-activation nature of dielectric polarization, which is characteris tic of systems with H-bonds.