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Pretend that you are running the following experiment as outlined attached.
1. Prepare 100 mL of 5.0% (w/v) D-glucose solution. Fill the polarimeter cell with the solution. The cell is 10 cm in length. The polarimeter is set at 586 nm.
2. Zero the polarimeter on air.
3. Measure the optical rotation every five minutes and record the value.

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Prepare 100 mL of 5.0% (w/v) D-glucose solution. Fill the polarimeter cell with the solution. The cell is 10 cm in length. The polarimeter is set at 586 nm.

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PART II:DETERMINING THE RATE CONSTANT FOR MUTAROTATION
Pretend that you are running the following experiment as outlined below.
1. Prepare 100 mL of 5.0% (w/v) D-glucose solution. Fill the polarimeter cell with the solution. The cell is 10 cm in length. The polarimeter is set at 586 nm.
2. Zero the polarimeter on air.
3. Measure the optical rotation every five minutes and record the value.
4. Your data is outlined below:
POLARIMETRY DATA
Time (min) [] o log [] 2.3 log ...

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