gpssonar,
I have looked at dielectric properties to water in the past, that's why I brought up the question of where 78.54ohms came from,
from what I know 78 is the dielectric constant not ohms, water is not measured in ohms,
you measure the conductance which for the purest form of degassed distilled water is in the order of 1.7microhmo/cm, 1million microhmo been equal to 1 Siemen,
water conductivity meters measure in microsiemens/cm millisiemens/cm not ohms,
I have water conductance meters that measure in those units and also total dissolved solids and owned a schlumberger bench meter than measured those fractions of Siemens of conductance,
even with lots of impurities you will never get anything vaguely close to 78ohms unless you are talking about the capacitive reactance of the cell @ a given frequency which is measured in ohms,
that been imaginary ohms of capacitive reactance,
anybody that knows anything about water conductivity and capacitors should understand what I'm saying,
you are correct the info on gas in water or bubbles in water when measuring conductance or capacitance of a water filled capacitor greatly effects the reading,
I'm new here I can assure you it is not something I learned on this forum, its something I have known for over 30 years,
I hope that clears up why I disagree with 78ohms, its a misuse of terminology that will only confuse people and not the dielectric properties of water as claimed in the papers you posted,
I am not here to cause trouble or steal anything from you and I do appreciate the work you have put into this project.