Temperature and pressure dependence of the electrooptical Kerr effect of sulfur dioxide

Journal Article · Thu May 03 04:00:00 EDT 1990 · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100372a016· OSTI ID:6379494

Gentle, I R; Laver, D R ^[1]; Ritchie, L D ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Sydney, New South Wales (Australia)
2. Univ. of New England, Armidale, New South Wales (Australia)

Measurements of the electrooptical Kerr effect of sulfur dioxide over a range of temperature ({approx} 299-490 K) and pressure ({approx}45-200 kPa) are reported. Analysis of the temperature dependence of the first Kerr virial coefficient in conjunction with the known mean polarizability and Rayleigh depolarization ratio yields high-precision values of the optical-frequency polarizabilities of the molecule. Results (10{sup 40}{alpha}{sub xx}/C m{sup 2} V{sup {minus}1}, etc., x direction perpendicular to molecular plane, y and z directions in plane, z coincident with C{sub 2} axis) emerge as 3.30 {plus minus} 0.04, 5.80 {plus minus} 0.06, and 3.88 {plus minus} 0.06 at 632.8 nm. The first and second Kerr hyperpolarizabilities make only very small contributions to the Kerr constant so that rather imprecise, but nevertheless valuable, estimates of these two properties are obtained.

• OSTI ID: 6379494
• Journal Information: Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA) Vol. 94:9; ISSN 0022-3654; ISSN JPCHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400201* -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
INFORMATION
KERR EFFECT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING METHODS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE