// Scilab Code Ex14.3 Calculating electric polarizability of a molecule from its susceptibility: Page-464 (2010) NA = 6.023e+023; // Avogadro's number epsilon_0 = 8.85e-012; // Electrical permittivity of free space, coulomb square per newton per metre chi = 0.985e-03; // Electrical susceptibility of carbon-dioxide molecule rho = 1.977; // Density of carbon-dioxide, kg per metre cube M = 44e-03; // Molecular weight of CO2, kg N = NA*rho/M; // Number of molecules per unit volume, per metre cube alpha = epsilon_0*chi/N; // Total electric polarizability of carbon-dioxide, farad-metre square printf("\nThe total electric polarizability of carbon-dioxide = %4.2e farad-metre square", alpha); // Result // The total electric polarizability of carbon-dioxide = 3.22e-040 farad-metre square