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Offline mark-sev

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Optical anisotropy vs. chirality in a polarimeter
« on: March 11, 2009, 02:01:27 PM »
Could optical anisotropic behaviour which is a propierty of say liquid crystals (it rotates plane polarised light and so can be seen  under polarisation microscope), be differed from a chiral substance (which also rotates plane polarised light) in a polarimeter? in both cases we would see rotation of plane polarised light...  ::)

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