Because of its high dielectric strength, SF6 (sulfur hexafluo-ride) gas is widely used as an insulator and a dielectric in HV applications such as HV transform-ers, switches, circuit breakers, transmission lines, and even HV capacitors. The SF6 gas at 1 atm and at room temperature has a dielectric constant of 1.0015. The number of SF6 molecules per unit volume N can be found by the gas law, P = (NNA)RT. Calculate the electronic polarizability e of the SF6 molecule. (Note: The SF6 molecule has no net dipole. Assume that the overall polarizability of SF6 is due to electronic polarization.)

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To calculate the electronic polarizability e of the SF6 molecule we need to use the ClausiusM... View the full answer