Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2016.003

Chemistry in Education:
Polarimeter as a Teaching Tool

Tomislav Portada orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-0881 ; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10 002 Zagreb, Croatia
Tin Klačić orcid.org/0000-0003-2506-8688 ; Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, HR-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Croatian schools have a problem with insufficient representation of the experiments in chemistry education. Given the fact that many high schools are equipped with a polarimeter, we made an overview of the learning activities that can be accomplished with a polarimeter. These activities are presented starting from the simplest that are appropriate for all students within regular classes, to more complex, which can be run in the school chemistry groups, to the most demanding, suitable for work with students who are preparing for chemistry competitions in the category of individual students works.

Keywords

polarimeter; polarimetry; optical activity; chemical kinetics; chemical education

Hrčak ID:

157751

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/157751

Publication date:

23.5.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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