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Explain the term - Optical activity.
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Answer
Optical activity:
Optical activity is the property of certain organic substances to rotate the plane of plane polarised light towards the right (clockwise) or towards the left (anticlockwise).
Optical activity is the property of certain organic substances to rotate the plane of plane polarised light towards the right (clockwise) or towards the left (anticlockwise).
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