Capacitance - Dielectric Constant Relation?

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Hi,

Does anyone know if there is a relation between a materials capacitance (C) and its dielectric constant (K)?

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So I think I may have figured it out, and for people reading the post here is my attempt at the answer:
[tex]K_{e}=1+\chi_{e}=1+\frac{\epsilon-\epsilon_{0}}{\epsilon_{0}}=1+\frac{\epsilon_{r}\epsilon_{0}-\epsilon_{0}}{\epsilon_{0}}=1+\epsilon_{r}-1=\epsilon_{r}[/tex]
[tex] \epsilon_{r}=\frac{C_{x}}{C_{0}}[/tex]
So
[tex] K_{e}=\frac{C_{x}}{C_{0}}[/tex]

where

[tex]K_{e}[/tex] - dielectric constant
[tex]\chi_{e}[/tex] - electric susceptibility
[tex]\epsilon[/tex] - permittivity of the dielectric material
[tex]\epsilon_{r}[/tex] - relative permittivity
[tex]\epsilon_{0}[/tex] - permittivity of free space
[tex]C_{x}[/tex] - capacitance of the dielectric material
[tex]C_{0}[/tex] - capacitance of vacuum

Please feel free to correct me.