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The two outstanding features which Chinchalkar and other workers have observed in the study of the magnetic birefringence of liquid mixtures have been explained for the first time quantitatively by introducing the new idea of a varying set of anisotropic polarisation field coefficients. The actual variations which the coefficients undergo with changing concentration have been determined from the observed refractivities of mixtures of the requisite composition. Although only typical mixtures have been dealt with in detail in the course of this paper, it may be remarked that the general conclusions hold good in all the mixtures so far studied.
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Communicated by Mr. S. Bhagavantam.
The author is highly thankful to Mr. S. Bhagavantam, for his interest in the work and to the Syndicate of the Andhra University for its continued financial support to the author.
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Ramanadham, M. Refractivity and magnetic birefringence of liquid mixtures. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 3, 384–397 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046276
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03046276