[time-nuts] Rain, Water, etc
Dr. David Kirkby
david.kirkby at onetel.net
Mon Mar 6 22:08:03 UTC 2006
Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI) wrote:
> David,
>
> Maybe we can figure this out. First, the refractive
> index of water is about 1.3. So I think this means
> the propagation speed of radio waves in water is
> down to about 0.75 c, right?
1.3 is about right in the optical region, but I believe the effective
permittivity at rf is more like 80.
Remember too, n=sqrt (Er * Ur)
So at RF, the index is >> 1.3
You would need to double check this. (I'm sure google would show up some
data).
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