Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Plane polarized light:
Light whose electric field oscillates in just one plane.
Nonpolarized light
Electric field oscillates in all directions
Polarizer
Object which causes polarization
In this case, a natural crystal of
CaCO
3
Plane polarized light
Electric field oscillates in only one direction
Related terms:
Optical activity
,
optically active
,
optically inactive
,
polarimeter
,
polarimetry
,
specific rotation
,
dextrorotatory
,
(+)
,
d
,
levorotatory
,
(-)
,
l
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