https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2005046
A magneto-optical apparatus for boundary localization of ternary phase diagrams
CEA/Saclay, LIONS at Service de Chimie Moléculaire, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Corresponding author: desert@drecam.cea.fr
Received:
13
October
2004
Revised:
28
February
2005
Accepted:
12
April
2005
Published online:
18
August
2005
An optical apparatus designed for the mapping of binary or ternary phase diagrams is described. A polychromatic polarized light illuminates a sample and the rotation of its polarization is measured with a spectrometer for various magnetic fields. The measured parameters are the natural and magnetic rotatory power of the sample which allow the concentration retrieval of every compound to be done. Results show that the apparatus is suitable for correct positioning of single phase boundary on the ternary water - n-dodecyl-β-d maltoside - sodium chloride system.
PACS: 39.90.+d – Other instrumentation techniques for atomic and molecular physics / 81.30.Dz – Phase diagrams; nonmetallic systems / 82.70.-y – Disperse systems; complex fluids
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