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A Hollow Coaxial Cable Fabry-Perot Resonator for Liquid Dielectric Constant Measurement
Review of Scientific Instruments
  • Chen Zhu
  • Yiyang Zhuang
  • Yizheng Chen
  • Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

We report, for the first time, a low-cost and robust homemade hollow coaxial cable Fabry-Pérot resonator (HCC-FPR) for measuring liquid dielectric constant. In the HCC design, the traditional dielectric insulating layer is replaced by air. A metal disk is welded onto the end of the HCC serving as a highly reflective reflector, and an open cavity is engineered on the HCC. After the open cavity is filled with the liquid analyte (e.g., water), the air-liquid interface acts as a highly reflective reflector due to large impedance mismatch. As a result, an HCC-FPR is formed by the two highly reflective reflectors, i.e., the air-liquid interface and the metal disk. We measured the room temperature dielectric constant for ethanol/water mixtures with different concentrations using this homemade HCC-FPR. Monitoring the evaporation of ethanol in ethanol/water mixtures was also conducted to demonstrate the ability of the sensor for continuously monitoring the change in dielectric constant. The results revealed that the HCC-FPR could be a promising evaporation rate detection platform with high performance. Due to its great advantages, such as high robustness, simple configuration, and ease of fabrication, the novel HCC-FPR based liquid dielectric constant sensor is believed to be of high interest in various fields.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Sponsor(s)
University of Missouri Research Board
Comments
The work was supported by University of Missouri Research Board
Keywords and Phrases
  • Coaxial cables,
  • Dielectric materials,
  • Dielectric properties of liquids,
  • Ethanol,
  • Evaporation,
  • Liquids,
  • Mixtures,
  • Reflection,
  • Resonators,
  • Thermal variables measurement, Air liquid interfaces,
  • Dielectric insulating layers,
  • Ethanol/water mixtures,
  • Evaporation rate,
  • High robustness,
  • Highly reflective,
  • Impedance mismatch,
  • Liquid dielectrics, Phase interfaces
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 American Institute of Physics (AIP), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
4-1-2018
Publication Date
01 Apr 2018
Citation Information
Chen Zhu, Yiyang Zhuang, Yizheng Chen and Jie Huang. "A Hollow Coaxial Cable Fabry-Perot Resonator for Liquid Dielectric Constant Measurement" Review of Scientific Instruments Vol. 89 Iss. 4 (2018) ISSN: 0034-6748
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jie-huang/12/