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Appendix A: Dielectrics of Common Materials (Soil Conditions)
Material
Dielectric Constant
Material
Dielectric Constant
Air
1
Wet Granite
6.5
Snow Firn
1.5
Travertine
8
Dry Loamy/Clayey Soils
2.5
Wet Limestone
8
Dry Clay
4
Wet Basalt
8.5
Dry Sands
4
Tills
11
Ice
4
Wet Concrete
12.5
Coal
4.5
Volcanic Ash
13
Asphalt
5
Wet Sands
15
Dry Granite
5
Wet Sandy Soils
23.5
Frozen Sand & Gravel
5
Dry Bauxite
25
Dry Concrete
5.5
Saturated Sands
25
Dry Limestone
5.5
Wet Clay
27
Dry Sand & Gravel
5.5
Peats (saturated)
61.5
Potash Ore
5.5
Organic Soils (saturated)
64
Dry Mineral/Sandy Soils
6
Sea Water
81
Dry Salt
6
Water
81
Frozen Soil/Permafrost
6
Syenite Porphyry
6
Wet Sandstone
6