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Polarimeter

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Polarimeter is the instrument used to determine the specific rotation of a compound. It consists of the following:

  1. monochromatic light source
  2. polarizer, a prism that converts regular light into plane-polarized light
  3. sample tube
  4. analyzer, a prism through which the light leaving the sample is observed

see also optical rotation


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