Buchler Glossary

Optical Rotation

Optical Rotation is the property displayed by chiral substances of rotating the plane of polarisation of polarised light. Optical rotation is considered to be positive (+) for substances that rotate the plane of polarisation in a clockwise direction and negative (−) for substances rotating into the opposite direction.

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