//To calculate the ratio between electronic and ionic polarizability epsilon_r = 4.94; n_2 = 2.69; //square of index of refraction alpha_i = 0; //at optical frequencies //(epsilon_r-1)/(epsilon_r+2) = N*(alpha_e+alpha_i)/(3*epsilon0) X = (epsilon_r-1)/(epsilon_r+2); //epsilon_r = n^2. therefore (n^2-1)/(n^2+2) = N*alpha_e/(3*epsilon0) Y = (n_2-1)/(n_2+2); //N*(alpha_e+alpha_i)/N*alpha_e = X/Y //let alpha = alpha_i/alpha_e alphai_e = (X/Y)-1; //ratio between electronic ionic and electronic polarizability printf("ratio between electronic ionic and electronic polarizability is %5.4f",alphai_e); alphae_i = 1/alphai_e; //ratio between electronic and ionic polarizability printf("ratio between electronic and ionic polarizability is %5.3f",alphae_i);