Intensity studies in Raman effect. Part I. Relative intensities of Raman lines in liquids

Abstract

The dependence of the relative intensities of Raman lines, having different polarisation characters, on the mode of excitation has been studied using unpolarised, horizontally and vertically polarised incident light. Standard intensities have been obtained in the cases of CCl₄, CHCl₃, C₆H₆, C₂Cl₄, C₂H₂Cl₂, C₂H₄Cl₂, C₆H₅Cl, C₆H₅CH₃ and C₆H₅CH₂OH with the intensity of the 458 cm^-1 line of CCl₄ as standard and from these, the values of α ', the derived polarisability, have been obtained in the case of total symmetric lines characteristic of particular bonds and certain conclusions regarding the intensity variations of corresponding lines in the different liquids have been arrived at. Values of derived anisotropy have also been obtained in the case of the depolarised lines relative to that of 313 cm^-1 line in CCl₄.