1.

Calculate the thickness of calcite sheet required to change plane polarized light into circularly
polarized light. µo=1.658 µe=1.486 and λ=6000A0(Ans:t1=8.72x10-7m,t2=26.16x10-7m,t3=43.6x10-7m)

2. Sugar solution of concentration 0.2gmcm-3 contained in a tube of length 18cm rotates the plane of
polarization by 23.40.Calculate the specific rotation of sugar solution (Ans:65 0/dm/gmcm-3)

3. A 20cm long tube containing 50cm3 of sugar solution produces an optical rotation of 10 0.Calculate the
quantity of sugar contained in the solution. Specific rotation of sugar is 65 0/dm/gmcm-3 (Ans: 3.845gm)

4. A sample of turpentine gives 520 optical rotation for 18cm length of the solution. Calculate the
percentage of impurity of the turpentine. For the pure turpentine S=37 0/dm/gmcm-3 and density
0.87gmcm-3 (Ans: 10.23%)

5. Specific rotation of sugar solution is 650.If the glass tube of the saccharimneter having length 20cm
contains sugar solution of concentration 0.1gmcm -3,through what angle the plane of polarization turned
(Ans:130)

6. A ray of light in air is incident on a glass plate at the polarizing angle. It suffers a deviation of 26 0 on
entering glass. Calculate the refractive index of glass (Ans: 1.6)