Strong and weak polarization relaxation processes in solid dielectrics

It is established that an increase in the reach-through electrical conductivity of a dielectric can affect the frequency characteristics of the quantity tanδ in different ways when relaxation polarization processes occur: the extrema of the frequency characteristics can be either suppressed or intensified. In the former case, relaxation processes are referred to as weak; in the latter case, they are referred to as strong. Strong processes lead to the emergence of extrema in the frequency dependence of the imaginary part of complex conductivity. The causes underlying the two polarization relaxation processes are identified.