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Specific Rotation Using Pure Liquid

Specific rotation is a property of a chiral chemical compound. It is defined as the change in orientation of monochromatic plane-polarized light, per unit distance–concentration product, as the light passes through a sample of a compound in a solution.

Specific rotation equals the optical rotation angle divided by the density of the liquid and path length of the light.

Formula

QuantityVariable["[α]", "SpecificRotation"] == QuantityVariable["α", "Angle"]/(QuantityVariable["d", "MassDensity"]*QuantityVariable["l", "PathLength"])

symbol description physical quantity
[α] specific rotation "SpecificRotation"
d density "MassDensity"
l path length "PathLength"
α optical rotation angle "Angle"

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Examples

Get the resource:

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ResourceObject["Specific Rotation Using Pure Liquid"]
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Get the formula:

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FormulaData[ResourceObject["Specific Rotation Using Pure Liquid"]]
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Use some values:

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FormulaData[
 ResourceObject[
  "Specific Rotation Using Pure Liquid"], {QuantityVariable[
   "d","MassDensity"] -> Quantity[1.`, ("Grams")/("Milliliters")], 
  QuantityVariable["[\[Alpha]]","SpecificRotation"] -> 
   Quantity[66.59`, ("AngularDegrees" ("Centimeters")^3)/(
    "Decimeters" "Grams")]}]
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