XXV.<i>Investigations on polarization of light-scattering</i>.— Part II

Abstract

Summary Polarization measurements of the vibrational Raman lines in 27 liquids are reported, and the results are discussed in relation to the molecular structure of these compounds. A close dependence of the polarization phenomenon on the geometrical structure of the molecule is observed. The lines characteristic of the oscillation of the benzene nucleus are polarized respectively more or less to the same extent in the derivatives. The components of the CH band assume a wide range of depolarization values. Raman lines arising from transverse oscillations are invariably highly depolaarized, all of them showing the limiting depolarization value 6/7.