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Diamonds are optically denser than water. What does this statement suggest about the relative speed of light in these two optical media?
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How can alcohol be used as a fuel?
Optical activity has no affect on the combustion of a material; therefore, there is no reason an optically active alcohol could not be used as a fuel.
What do you get when you react Propanal and hydrogen cyanide. Also why is it optically inactive and what name is given to such an inactive product?
I can't remember what you get but it's optically inactive because it's a racemic mixture. Which means that there is a 50:50 ratio of the (+) optical isomer and the (-) optical isomer. It's inactive because the (+) rotates plain polarised light clockwise and the (-) isomer rotates plain polarised light anticlockwise. So they cancel each other out because it's a racemic mix and therefore shows no optical activity.
What is the role of specific optical rotation?
Optical rotation is defined as the rotation of the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light by an optically active substance. As light travels through certain materials, it is the direction of motion.
What is a lab diamond?
A lab diamond is a diamond that is created in a lab under very controlled circumstances that mimic the environment in the earth's mantle. Lab diamonds and mined diamonds are identical. The only difference is their provenance.
Can molecule ethylene have geometric isomers?
Yes, they do, but only those having an even number of continuous double bonds. Dialkenes having two continuous double bonds, and they can form optical isomers because the groups present on the carbons lie on different perpendicular planes. So, they are not symmetric in any fashion, and hence chiral. This makes them optically active, having two optical isomers.
What is an optical disks?
an optical disk which stores data optically
How does an optical transmitter sends signals to the optical fiber?
Usually, there is a laser diode that is optically coupled to the fiber.
What is optical medium?
Optical dense refers to the index of refraction. If one medium is optically denser than another, then its index of refraction is larger, meaning the speed of light in the optically denser medium is smaller.
What is Optical denser medium?
Optical dense refers to the index of refraction. If one medium is optically denser than another, then its index of refraction is larger, meaning the speed of light in the optically denser medium is smaller.
What is the difference between optical isomer and optically active isomer?
Optical isomers are those which have one or more asymmetric carbon atoms their optical activity means a tendency to rotate the plane of plane polarized light but some of such molecules have an internal symmetry as meso form of Tartaric acid , this is the optical isomer of Tartaric acid but is optically inactive.
What are optical substances?
Optically active substances are those substances that rotate the plane of polarized light to the left or right.
What applications uses TIR?
Diamonds, optical fiber...
What are optical active substances?
Optically active substances are those substances that rotate the plane of polarized light to the left or right.
What are optical microphones?
Optical microphones are type of a microphone in which the movement of the microphone membrane is sensed optically. Usually there is a light source and photo-detectors to capture the light reflected back from the membrane.
Which compound without chirality gives optical activity?
touluene All Biphenyls and Allenes are optically active without a chiral center
How can alcohol be used as a fuel?
Optical activity has no affect on the combustion of a material; therefore, there is no reason an optically active alcohol could not be used as a fuel.
What is difference between a racemic mixture and a meso compound?
Both are optically inactive, but for different reasons. A racemic mixture contains chiral molecules that, individually, are optically active. But the mixture contains optically active enantiomers, which essentially cancel out each other's optical activity (one enantiomer rotates light one way, the other rotates it back). A meso compound, however, is optically inactive on its own. It can have chiral centers within its structure, but due to symmetry it will still be optically inactive.
