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. 2016 Apr 27;9(5):310. doi: 10.3390/ma9050310
σ Electrical Conductivity
ε Complex Dielectric Permittivity
δe Dissipation Factor
A Unit Cross Sectional Area
c Speed of light
μ0 Magnetic Constant
E Electric field
|E| Electric field strength inside the load
f Frequency
FDR Reflectometric Frequency Domain
L Unit Length
MW Microwave
P Polarization
Pv Energy developed per unit volume
R Resistance
RF Radio Frequency
SMA Sub Miniature version A
SPR Six-port reflectometer
tanσ Loss Tangent
TDR Time-Domain Reflectometry
TE Transverse Electric
TM Transverse Magnetic
tp Travel time
VNA Vector Network Analyzer
ε’ Dielectric Constant
ε’’ Loss Factor
ε0 Relative permittivity of vacuum
εabs Absolute Permittivity
ε Dielectric constant at high frequencies
εσ´´ Inertia of Ionic Conductivity
εD´´ Inertia of Dipole molecules
εr Relative Permittivity
εr* Relative dielectric permittivity
Ω Angular frequency
εs Dielectric constant at low frequencies
τ Relaxation Time