bmays
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Makeshift polarimeter construstion issue.
I am trying to crudely observe optical rotation by using light from an lcd monitor and some salvaged polarizing film. Whatever i put in my vial
between the monitor and film doesn't change the darkest rotational point at all. Unfortunately i don't have glucose. Piracetam 1g/ml in water should
make some effect? I have tried a bunch of different supplement powders and stuff i have around in water and methanol and nothing changes the rotation
at all.
Am i missing something fundamental here? Or do the laws of physics not apply to my universe.
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blogfast25
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Any chance of providing a schematic of your set up?
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Metacelsus
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Sucrose (table sugar) will work as well. Piracetam will not work if it is racemic.
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macckone
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Pick up some cream of tartar at the grocery store.
Tartaric acid is chiral.
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