Does the degree of cellulose polymerization affect the dielectric response?

The purpose of this work is to evaluate the influence of the cellulose polymerization degree (DP) on the dielectric response. The research objects were new and aged pressboard samples of the polymerization degree 1435 and 406, respectively. The authors investigated the dielectric response in the time and frequency domains. The research showed that dielectric response characteristics of new and aged samples, of different DP and an identical water content are very close. Their differences are within the limits of statistical dispersion.