The electro-optical Kerr constant of water-dioxane and water-acetone systems
Abstract
The electro-optical Kerr constant of water-dioxane and water-acetone systems have been measured at 632.8 nm over their complete concentration ranges, using 2μs electric field pulses of magnitude 7 × 10 6Vm -1. The variation of the molar Kerr constant with the concentration of water shows a marked pattern near 0.3 mole fraction in dioxane and a broad inflexion point, centred about 0.5 mole fraction for acetone. The results are correlated with the formation of hemihydrate and dihydroxy structures in water-dioxane and water-acetone mixtures, respectively.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- October 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0030-4018(78)90180-3
- Bibcode:
- 1978OptCo..27...88K