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Polarisation
Polarisation - the phenomenon in which waves
of light or other radiation are restricted in direction
of vibration
Plane polarised wave
Waves with the particles oscillating in one plane only
are called plane polarised.
Rotation
Unpolarised Polaroid
light. filter
Rotation
Polarised Polaroid
light. filter
Light which is
reflected from the
surface of water is
mainly horizontally Light reflected from the
polarised. object below the surface of
water is mainly vertically
Q 1,2 / P 9 polarised.
Polarimetry
Active substance
Optical activity
Q3,4,5 / P10,11