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Polarimeter General Applications

Polarimeters are instruments used to precisely measure the angle of rotation of polarized light passing through an optically active substance. This allows them to determine characteristics like concentration. They are widely used in industries like food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals for quality control and research. Some key applications include analyzing sugar levels in foods and beverages, and ensuring purity of substances in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

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Polarimeter General Applications

Polarimeters are instruments used to precisely measure the angle of rotation of polarized light passing through an optically active substance. This allows them to determine characteristics like concentration. They are widely used in industries like food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals for quality control and research. Some key applications include analyzing sugar levels in foods and beverages, and ensuring purity of substances in pharmaceutical manufacturing.

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Polarimeter

General Applications
.Polarimetryis an instrumental analytical method using the optical activity by inorganic and
organic compounds as a measure of their concentration in a solution. Optical rotation
means that the polarization of the direction of light will be rotated for a certain angle when
penetrating an optical active substance. This angle of rotation is absolutely determined by a
polarimeter with highest precision. The measurement occurs non‐destructive and is
influenced by
 The sample itself
 The concentration
 The lengths of the observation tube
 The temperature
 The colour of light (wavelength)

A polarimeter is widely used in the food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries for quality
control, process control and research. The most known application is the analysis of sugar
using the International Sugar Scale °Z.

Some application are:

Food industries
Quality control of origin , intermediate and final products,
determination of concentration and purity control.
 Sugar industries: sugar (sucrose, levulose, glucose...), sugar syrups, starch,
sugar‐free sweeteners like isomalt, …
 Dairy: lactose, sucrose, lactoglobuline, lactic acid and esters, ….
 Vine industries: analysis of sugar in vine, tartaric acid and esters, ...
 Beverage industries: analysis of sugar, wort, …
 Fruit: analysis of sugar in fruit syrups (levulose), acid and esters (malic acid...),
essential oils, …

Pharmaceutical industries
Purity control and determination of concentration from substances according the
requirements of the European and American Pharmacopeia by measurement of
specific and optical rotation.

 Alkaloids: cocaine, codeine, nicotine, morphinsulphate, …


 Amino acids : asparagine, glutamic acid, …
 Organic compounds: ascorbic acid, menthol, camphor, …
 Others: steroide, antibiotics, serums, vitamins, ...

SCHMIDT + HAENSCH
Optisch‐elektronische Messinstrumente seit 1864
Medicine
 Research of sugar and albumin in urine
 Hormone research
 Enzymology and toxicology research

Cosmetic industries
Control of purity and identity of optically active essential oils and essences like
lemon oil, orange oil, lavender oil, spearmint oil, ….

Chemical industries
Purity control and measurement of concentration, identifying and characterization
of compounds like

 Organic fluids
 Biopolymers
 Synthetic polymers
 Organic polymers

Research applications
 Analysis of optically active compounds structure analysis
 Determination of configuration changes of solved macromolecules
 Monitoring changes in concentration of an optically active component in a
reaction mixture, as in enzymatic scission
 Distinction of optical isomers
 Investigating kinetic reactions by measuring optical rotation as a function of
time.
 Analysing molecular structure by determination of Optical Rotation
Dispersion

SCHMIDT+HAENSCH GmbH & Co.


Waldstraße 80/81
D‐13403 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 30 / 41 70 72‐0
Fax: +49 30 / 41 70 72‐99
E‐mail: sales@schmidt‐haensch.de

SCHMIDT + HAENSCH
Optisch‐elektronische Messinstrumente seit 1864

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