Analytical Sciences


Abstract − Analytical Sciences, 25(1), 1 (2009).

Pulsed Magnetic Field Faraday Imaging of Diamagnetic Liquids
Kento ISAI, Masayori SUWA, and Hitoshi WATARAI
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
The Faraday rotation of diamagnetic liquids has been measured by applying a pulsed magnetic field. The observed results for water, alcohol, and aliphatic and aromatic organic liquids suggested a possible discrimination of such liquids by Faraday imaging. Actually, we have succeeded to observe Faraday images using a magneto-optical microscope system. The discrimination of several diamagnetic liquids including chiral liquids has been demonstrated.