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The influence of a magnetic field of variable strength and direction on the deformations and the electric conductivity of a nematic liquid crystal is treated theoretically. The results are in good agreement with measurements of the electric conductivity of MBBA, doped with tetrabutylammonium picrate. The bend and the splay elastic constants of MBBA are found to be k33 = 8.62 · 10-7 dyn and k11 = 6.38 · 10-7 dyn at 22.1 °C.
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