Table 2.

Parameters obtained for $N-\text{SmA}$ pretransitional effect by fitting Eqs. (1) and (2) to experimental data

	11CB	+ 0.05 (wt%)	+ 0.50 (wt%)	+ 1 (wt%)
ε*	9.60	7.69	9.67	12.48
TC(K)	330.2	329.7	330.2	330.7
TC—0.5 = TN−SmA(K)	329.7	329.2	329.7	330.2
T*(K)	332.3	329.5	331.1	332.0
ΔT	2.6	0.3	1.4	1.8
a	0.017	0.0064	0.013	0.030
A	− 0.31	− 0.21	− 0.28	− 0.42
α (fixed)	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5

These results are shown graphically in Figs. 2 and 4