Optical activity of water?

gourav shri Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Aug 18, 2011, 04:24 AM

Optical activity of water?

Why water is optically active?

DrBob1 Posts: 425, Reputation: 86

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Aug 18, 2011, 06:47 AM

"Optically active" means it has the property of rotating the plane of polarized light.
Water DOES NOT possess this property.

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