The Variation of Dielectric Constant with Temperature I. The Electric Moments of the Carbon Bisulphide and Nitrous Oxide Molecules

Abstract
An apparatus has been described which makes it possible to determine dielectric constants of gases and vapors and their dependence on temperature over a range of several hundred degrees. The electric moments of gaseous carbon bisulphide and nitrous oxide have been measured and found to be zero. These results indicate a linear arrangement of the three atoms forming each molecule.