Abstract
The dielectric properties of edible grasshoppers (Sphenarium purpurascens) are presented at 2.4 GHz using the cavity perturbation technique. The samples are subjected to increasing temperatures (from 25 to 80 °C). It will be shown that the real part of the permittivity has a decreasing trend to rising temperature. As temperature increases, water evaporates; therefore the value of permittivity decreases. Moreover, dielectric losses increase with increasing temperature from 16 at 25 °C to 32 at 80 °C. This is caused by a predominant ionic conduction at lower frequencies, where ionic mobility increases at higher temperatures. In addition, the penetration depth decreases from 10.8 mm at 25 °C to 3.5 mm at 80 °C.