
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beevers, MS 
A1  - Khanarian, G 
T1  - Measurement of Kerr Constants of Conducting Liquids
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1979
VL  - 32
IS  - 2
SP  - 263
EP  - 269
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9790263 
N2  - 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. 
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