
%0 Journal Article
%A Beevers, MS 
%A Khanarian, G 
%T Measurement of Kerr Constants of Conducting Liquids
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1979/02/01
%V 32
%N 2
%P 263-269
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9790263
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9790263 
%X An apparatus is described to measure the Kerr constant of conducting as well as non-conducting liquids and solutions. High-voltage pulses of short duration (1.5 &#956;s) are applied across the Kerr cell and the resultant birefringence is measured by a novel signal-nulling technique. New expressions are derived for the null conditions for an optically active birefringent medium. Results are presented at 633 nm and 293 K for water, methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol and propan-2-ol. The Kerr constant of water (3.0 &#215; 10-14 m V-2) was in good agreement with recent determinations. 
