Optical Rotatory Power

Japanese: optical rotatory power（英語表記）opticalrotatorypower

...Normal optical rotation is sometimes called natural optical rotation to distinguish it from the phenomenon in which even substances that do not exhibit optical rotation exhibit optical rotation when a strong magnetic field is applied in the direction of light (the Faraday effect).
[optical rotatory power]
The magnitude of optical rotation is called optical rotatory power or angle of rotation. This value is specific to a substance and is an important quantity for studying the molecular structures of organic compounds with asymmetric atoms, metal complexes, and organometallic compounds.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "optical rotational power" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…旋光性を示さない物質でも，光の進む方向に強い磁場をかけたときに旋光性を示す現象(ファラデー効果)と区別して，通常の旋光性を自然旋光ということもある。
［旋光能optical rotatory power］
　旋光性の大きさを旋光能または旋光度という。これは物質に固有な値を示し，不斉原子をもつ有機化合物，金属錯体や有機金属化合物などの分子構造を研究する有力な量となる。…

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