4,4'-didecyloxy-2,2'-dihydroxybenzalazine, S-4'-decyloxv-2-hydroxy-4-(2-methy butoxy)-a,a'-dimethylbenzalazine, 4,4'-didodecyloxy-2,2'-dihydroxy-a,a'-dimethylbenzalazine and 2-hydroxy-4,4'-dinonyloxy-~,a'-dimethylbenzalazine were studied.These systems of mixture were studied using the Scheffi! algorithm which had proved to be particularly useful in the study of these types of mixture. Induction of chirality in a Sc phase by mixture with compounds optically active was studied. Numerous transition solid-solid in mixtures during the melting were obta ned and their repetition was verified.Binary, ternary and quaternary mixtures of four smectogenic compounds :
INTRODUCTIONThe study of multicomponent mixtures of liquid crystals is generally complex and laborious. In recent papers (1,2,3) we showed that the application of a mathematical method based on the Scheff6 algorithm is particularly useful in the study of mixtures of three or more components.This method makes use of a small group of previously selected experiments and the equations obtained are adjusted to the real experimental points.The evaluation of the obtained results is carried out by means of test