// Scilab Code Ex14.2 Calculating dielectric constant from electric polarizability of the atom: Page-464 (2010) alpha_Kr = 2.18e-040; // Electric polarizability of the Kr-atom, farad-metre square NA = 6.023e+023; // Avogadro's number epsilon_0 = 8.85e-012; // Electrical permittivity of free space, coulomb square per newton per metre square N = NA/(22.4e-03); // Number of Kr atoms per metre cube epsilon_r = N*alpha_Kr/epsilon_0 + 1; // Relative electrical permittivity of Kr specimen printf("\nThe diectric constant of Kr specimen = %7.5f", epsilon_r); // Result // The diectric constant of Kr specimen = 1.00066