Investigating the Faraday Effect through comparative measurement of the Verdet constants of water and sugar solutions

Authors

Florence Ramirez Department of Physics, University of San Carlos, Nasipit, Talamban, Cebu City
Rose May Tampus Department of Physics, University of San Carlos, Nasipit, Talamban, Cebu City
Samantha Francine Cañete Department of Physics, University of San Carlos, Nasipit, Talamban, Cebu City

Abstract

In this student lab experiment, the Faraday effect was investigated and the concept was used in determining the Verdet constant V of plain tap water and of sugar solutions. The effect of sugar solute concentration on the V of sugar solutions was further examined and it was found that V is directly proportional to the number of active sugar molecules in a solution. The empirical Verdet constant of water was determined to be (2.4 ± 0.2) x 10² °/Tm with 10% systematic error. Sugar solutions have consistently greater Verdet constants than water.

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Issue

2013: Proceedings of the 31st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP2013-PB-29

Section

Poster Session PB

Published

2013-10-23

How to Cite

[1]

F Ramirez, RM Tampus, and SF Cañete, Investigating the Faraday Effect through comparative measurement of the Verdet constants of water and sugar solutions, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 31, SPP2013-PB-29 (2013). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP2013-PB-29.