‘Table B-1: RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY e, OF COMMON MATERIALS* é e769 and e9 = 8.854 x 10-2 Fim Material Relative Permittivity, 6, | Material Relative Permittivity, 6, Vacuum T Dry soil 2535 Air (at sea level) 1.0006 Plexiglass 34 Styrofoam 1.03 Glass 45-10 Teflon 24 Quartz 38-5 Petroleum oil 21 Bakelite 5 Wood (dry) 154 Porcelain 57 Paraffin 22 Formica 6 Polyethylene 2.25 Mica 546 Polystyrene 26 Ammonia 2 Paper 24 Seawater 72-80 Rubber 22-41 Distilled weter al "These are low-frequency values at room temperature (20° C), Note: For most metals, e ~ 1 Table B-2: CONDUCTIVITY o OF SOME COMMON MATERIALS* Material Conductivity, o (Sim) [ Material Conductivity, o (S/n) Conductors Semicondhciors ~ Silver 62x 107 ‘Pure germanium: 22 Copper 5.8 x 107 Pure silicon 44x 10-4 Gold 4 x 107 Insudators Aluminum 35 «107 Wet soit ~ 10-7 ‘Tungsten 1.8 x 107 Fresh water ~10-3 Zine 1.7 x 107 Distilled water ~ 10-4 Brass 15 x10" Dry soil ~ 10-4 Tron 107 Glass 10-12 Bronze 107 Hard rubber 10-5 ‘Tn 9x 108 Paraffin 10-8 Lead 5x 108 Mica 10-15 ‘Mercury 106 ‘Fused quartz. 10-7 Carbon 3x 104 Wax 10-17 Seawater 4 Animal body (average) __0.3 (poor cond.) "These are low-frequency values at room temperature (20° C),‘Table B-3: RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY j4, OF COMMON MATERIALS? = perg and jog = dar x 1077 Him Relative Material Permeability, (4; Diamagnetic Bismuth 0.99983 ~ 1 Gold 0.99996 = 1 Mercury 0.99997 = 1 Silver 0.99998 ~ 1 Copper 0.99999 ~ 1 Water 0.99999 ~ 1 Paranagnetic Air Aluminum Tungsten Titanium Platinum Ferromagnenie (nonlinear) Cobalt 250 Nickel 600 Mild steel 2,000 Iron (pure) 4,000-5,000 Silicon iron 7,000 Muretal ~ 100, 000 Purified iron ~ 200, 000 ®These are typical values; actual values depend on material variety. Note: Except for ferromagnetic materials, j1, ~ 1 for all dielectrics and conductors.