Estimating the orientation component of stationary water dipoles in constant electric fields

The estimation is based on the proposed theoretical hypothesis explaining the experimentally registered process of increase in thickness of a water film at the internal surface of a hydrophilic capillary, under the effect of a constant electric field. The capillary is filled with two fluids (an aqueous solution and a nonpolar fluid—a gas or an organic liquid). The theoretical and experimental data are shown to be well consistent at a value of the orientation component in constant electric fields with a strength of 103–104 V/m estimated to be of the order of magnitude 0.6.