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Introduction 47<br />

Debye equations based on the microscopic interaction <strong>of</strong> the dipoles with applied<br />

electromagnetic fields [9, 10]. The classical Debye description <strong>of</strong> an ideal dielectric<br />

liquid is useful to underst<strong>and</strong> the physics behind the interaction <strong>of</strong> microwaves<br />

with materials at the molecular level. In the Debye description, a single molecule<br />

with a small electric dipole is assumed to be at the center <strong>of</strong> a spherical volume.<br />

When there is no electromagnetic field present, the dipoles are r<strong>and</strong>omly oriented<br />

throughout the material. When the electromagnetic field is applied, the dipoles<br />

tend to orient in the direction <strong>of</strong> the electric field, as illustrated in Figure 1.15.<br />

Figure 1.15: Model <strong>of</strong> a dipole used in the Debye description <strong>of</strong> an ideal<br />

liquid.<br />

A force balance on the dipole yields the following equation:<br />

I ∂2 θ<br />

∂t 2 +C∂θ − pEsinθ = 0 (1.16)<br />

∂t<br />

where E is the magnitude <strong>of</strong> the electric field, θ, the angle between the dipole<br />

47

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