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This Exploratorium webpage describes the classic Caro® syrup demonstration of the rotation of the plane of polarized light by an optically active material. The webpage lists the materials, how they are assembled, the observations, and the physics that explains what happens. A photo and drawing are provided.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11738">Exploratorium. Rotating Light. San Francisco: Exploratorium, January 15, 2008.</a>
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![]() Rotating Light. (2008, January 15). Retrieved February 8, 2025, from Exploratorium: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/rotating-light
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![]() Rotating Light. San Francisco: Exploratorium, 2008. 15 Jan. 2008. 8 Feb. 2025 <https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/rotating-light>.
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Title = {Rotating Light},
Publisher = {Exploratorium},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {8 February 2025},
Month = {January 15, 2008},
Year = {2008}
}
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