Abstract. The increase of the initial conductivity of highly pure water, taken as a type of polar liquid, with applied electric field is in complete agreement at every field and up to breakdown (10⁶ v cm^-1) with the theory given by Plumley but disagrees with the Onsager theory.

Electrical losses measured at 50 c/s, in pure ethanol, submitted to a strong agitation by means of fast rotating cylindrical electrodes in order to prevent excessive polarization, lead to the same conclusion.

Print publication: Issue 4 (April 1964)
Received 16 July 1963