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optical rotatory power
Angle of optical rotation divided by the optical path length through the medium and by either the mass concentration of the substance giving the specific optical rotatory power Math - symbol or by amount concentration, giving the molar optical rotatory power, Math - symbol.
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Green Book, p. 33
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. doi:10.1351/goldbook.
Last update: 2008-10-07; version: 2.0.2.
DOI of this term: doi:10.1351/goldbook.O04313.
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