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Title |
Polarimeter |
Object Name |
Polarimeter |
Object ID |
2007.127.003 |
Description |
Black, iron body with long, cylindrical tube with hinged door; lifted from base on two triangular supports; 2 circular disk shields on both ends of tube; left (front) end has 3 lens pieces in row at center; large steel knob at bottom; flip switch at base below inscribed instructional plaque; right (back) end has single lens piece with "0-20" scale adjustment tab above lens; "1 2 3 6" adjustment tab below lens |
Dimensions |
H-18 W-9 D-33 inches |
Material |
Iron, Steel, Plastic, Enamel, Glass |
Made |
O.C. Rudolph and Sons, Inc. |
Search Terms |
Polariscope Polarimetry Scientfic apparatus and instruments Analytical chemistry--Instruments Polarimeters Light |
Provenance |
A polarimeter measures the amount of polarization in light (or the proportion of polarized light in a partially polarized ray). A chemical polarimeter evaluates how a chemical sample reacts to polarized light. Chemical polarimeters are most often used on optically active liquids, such as sugar solutions. Because the food and drink industries often used polarimeters to analyze sugar solutions, specialized polarimeters called saccharimeters were developed. |