Technical term in chemistry and physics for the rotation of the plane of polarized light as it passes through certain substances.
Optical rotation is one of the important properties of optically active substances.
In this experiment, we measure the sugar concentration with a polarimeter.
optical rotation; angle of optical rotation
optical activity
optical rotation angle
polarimetric analysis
Compound of 旋 (rotation) and 光 (light), directly describing the phenomenon of rotating light polarization.