Experimental evidence of magnetochiral interaction in Pasteur’s tartrates
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We have isolated the magnetochiral refraction in Pasteur’s tartrates and deduced the associated magnetochiral absorption. The presence of a strong peak at 235 nm in the magnetochiral absorption spectrum of tartrates shows that Pasteur’s first attempt to induce chirality with a magnetic field could perhaps have succeeded, provided that a UV source was simultaneously used. To cite this article: T. Ruchon et al., C. R. Physique 5 (2004). 2004 Académie des sciences. Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved. Résumé Démonstration expérimentale de l’existence de l’interaction magnétochirale dans les tartrates de Pasteur. Nous avons isolé l’interaction magnétochirale en réfraction dans les tartrates étudiés par Pasteur, et en avons déduit l’absorption magnétochirale. La présence d’un pic important à 235 nm dans le spectre d’absorption magnétochirale montre que les tentatives de Pasteur pour induire de la chiralité à partir d’un champ magnétique auraient peut-être pu aboutir s’il avait utilisé simultanément une source UV. Pour citer cet article : T. Ruchon et al., C. R. Physique 5 (2004). 2004 Académie des sciences. Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
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